Explore findings from The National Academies’ COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research and Communications Committee report, "Vaccine Risk Monitoring and Evaluation at the CDC", featuring insights from #RutgersSPH Dean Perry Halkitis.
🗓️ Tuesday, October 7, 2025
⏰ 2-3 PM (ET)
📍Webinar
06.10.2025 18:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Model for Group Prenatal Care Bolsters Patient Satisfaction, Support and Trust, Researchers Find
🚼 A new evaluation led by Leslie Kantor, professor at #RutgersSPH, with support from The Burke Foundation, shows CenteringPregnancy:
✔️ Builds patient–provider trust
✔️ Strengthens parent support
✔️ Boosts breastfeeding & postpartum visits
✔️ Improves provider satisfaction
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01.10.2025 18:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Why Cheap Cigarettes From Other States Are a Costly Problem for New York City
🚬💡 A study led by Kevin Schroth, an associate professor in #RutgersSPH's Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy, found that New York City smokers are avoiding the nation’s highest cigarette taxes @ru-ints.bsky.social
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26.09.2025 15:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2025 Rutgers Health Chancellor Awards: Showcasing Excellence at the Rutgers School of Public Health
👏 Four faculty members of the #RutgersSPH community have been recognized with 2025 Rutgers Health Chancellor Awards for their outstanding contributions. These awards honor exceptional achievement in research, education, mentorship, service, and lifetime contributions 🏆
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18.09.2025 18:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Laura Lindberg, a professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at #RutgersSPH, spoke with New Jersey 101.5 about findings from a recent analysis of the indirect effects of Nurture NJ.
🔗 Learn More: sph.rutgers.edu/news/how-ind...
12.09.2025 20:24 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Cigarette packs littering NYC streets tell story of taxes going up in smoke
A Rutgers University study of cigarette packs found that many are coming from places that charge lower taxes for smokes.
Here’s a story on my latest paper on cigarette trafficking. The most common littered packs in NYC are menthol Newports from Georgia NYC-stamped packs came in 4th @RU-INTS.bsky.social @rutgerssph.bsky.social @rutgersarc.bsky.social gothamist.com/news/cigaret...
29.08.2025 18:34 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Researchers to Examine Los Angeles Wildfires and Their Implications for Public Health
#RutgersSPH researchers, Philip Demokritou and Jose Guillermo Cedeño Laurent, will launch a study on the recent Los Angeles wildfires to better understand their potential impact on public health and the environment.
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04.09.2025 18:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dean to Deliver Remarks at National Conference on the Future of Public Health Leadership
👋 Happy first day of the Fall 2025 semester!
In #RutgersSPH Dean Perry Halkitis' upcoming remarks at the IAPHS annual conference, he reflects on the values that bind us together as a community and calls public health leaders to keep humanity at the center of their work.
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02.09.2025 18:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📰 The Fall 2025 edition of The Scarletter, #RutgersSPH’s quarterly newsletter, has arrived! Hear from members of our community making an impact in public health and beyond.
🔗 Read The Scarletter: go.rutgers.edu/koepgft7
31.08.2025 22:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Doctoral Student Receives National Recognition for Advancing Environmental Health Research
👋 Meet Lila Bazina, a PhD student at #RutgersSPH! She presented her research at the SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, showcasing her work that combines nanotoxicology, molecular biology, and environmental health to address some of today’s most urgent public health challenges.
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27.08.2025 14:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faculty Named to the American Public Health Association’s Governing Council
👏 Congratulations to Derek Shendell, a professor in #RutgersSPH’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, on being named a Governing Councilor in the Environment Section with @apha.org.
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26.08.2025 15:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Check out our new brief @ccfamilies.bsky.social on the limitations of population projections for understanding future fertility patterns. The growing public discourse on declining fertility needs demographers voices and expertise, while recognizing the limits of our methods.
20.08.2025 21:50 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Access to Green Spaces May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children
💭🌳 "Our findings suggest that enhancing green space access in urban environments may support early childhood neurodevelopment and help reduce the burden of neurodevelopmental delays,” said Stefania Papatheodorou, associate professor at #RutgersSPH and senior author of the study.
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07.08.2025 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rutgers School of Public Health Dean Receives J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award
#RutgersSPH Dean Perry N. Halkitis received the J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, which honors a leader whose outstanding accomplishments, commitment, values and contributions advance population health.
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01.08.2025 13:32 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Summer 2025 edition of #RutgerSPH's quarterly newsletter is now available!
Explore innovative research, student and faculty achievements, and impactful initiatives that propel our community forward.
🔗 Read The Scarletter: go.rutgers.edu/vc6xnt8w
25.07.2025 10:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Daniel Horton, MD, MSCE, FISPE, an assoc prof of pediatrics @rwjms.bsky.social and of epidemiology at @rutgerssph.bsky.social received the 2025 CARRA grant for his research "JIA Flares, Recapture of Inactive Disease, and the Patient’s Voice." go.rutgers.edu/tmnpglc4
@vikasdhar.bsky.social
18.07.2025 14:03 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How to Stay Safe in the Southern Dust Cloud
Stefania Papatheodorou, associate professor at #RutgersSPH, spoke with @nytimes.com about atmospheric dust exposure.
💭 "For people who cannot stay indoors, a high-quality mask, such as an N95, provides significant protection. Surgical and cloth masks do not filter dust well."
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11.07.2025 17:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Our job isn’t to label people as bad or uninformed, or to force everyone to change,” Anestis said. “It’s to position people within their own value system to make healthy choices and stay safe.” @mikeanestis.bsky.social @rutgerssph.bsky.social
📝 full article ⬇️
www.apa.org/monitor/2025... via @APA
02.07.2025 17:30 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Rutgers School of Public Health
Dr. Slawa Rokicki on Reducing Low-Risk C-Section Births in New Jersey
📉 #RutgersSPH researchers found that New Jersey reduced low-risk Cesarean deliveries 🔗 Read More: sph.rutgers.edu/news/new-jer...
Slawa Rokicki, who led the analysis and is an assistant professor at #RutgersSPH, spoke with @njspotlightnews.org about the findings.
01.07.2025 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Researchers Examine the Impact of Mycoestrogen Exposure on Birth Outcomes
🔎 Research led by Zorimar Rivera Núñez, assistant professor at #RutgersSPH, finds that exposure to mycoestrogens—estrogen-like compounds from mold found in some ultra-processed foods—may affect placental function and lower birthweight.
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22.06.2025 19:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Cooled New York by 3 Degrees and Trapped Air Toxicants
Canadian wildfire smoke from June 2023 cooled NYC by 3°C and worsened air quality by trapping pollutants near the ground. #RutgersSPH researchers Philip Demokritou and Georgios Kelesidis discuss their findings and the need to understand wildfire impacts on public health.
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30.05.2025 12:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
INTS faculty were happy to celebrate the 2025 graduates at the @rutgerssph.bsky.social convocation held yesterday at the State Theater 🎓
21.05.2025 15:57 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
2025 ESIL awardee, @juliachensankey.bsky.social, will deliver her lecture in the second of three NIH ODP Early Stage Investigator Lectures of 2025 on June 5 at 10 a.m. ET.
Register now ➡️
prevention.nih.gov/news-events/early-stage-investigator-lecture/2025-awardees
@rutgerssph.bsky.social
13.05.2025 18:39 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Homepage | Tobacco Control
Tobacco Control is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide.
Here's my latest paper on how Attorneys General can use litigation to rein in illicit flavored e-cigarettes. Written before the FDA's tobacco control capacity was decimated, this more important now than ever @ru-ints.bsky.social @rutgerssph.bsky.social
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
21.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Kennedy Wants to Ban Some Food Dyes. Here’s What the Data Shows.
@emilysbarrett.bsky.social, George G. Rhoads Endowed Legacy Professor at #RutgersSPH, spoke with @nytimes.com on research gaps around artificial food dyes and their potential effects on children, as federal officials move to phase out several synthetic colorings.
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06.05.2025 14:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CHIBPS is a nationally recognized center for the study of #LGBTQ health with a focus on #HIV, #substanceuse, and #mentalhealth burden.
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
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Providing RU with a world-class research computing and data environment, Amarel, and experts who help researchers in making the best use of the HPC cluster.
The Eagleton Center on the American Governor, an initiative of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, seeks to promote research and discussion on the varied roles, powers and legacies of governors in the United States in order to inform
Founded in 1956, we are New Jersey's only dental school, encompassing education, service, research, and clinical care.
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Founded in 1831, the RAA serves over 250k alumni with community service, networking, and social events. Official alumni association of @RutgersSAS, open to all!
Find out more at rutgersalumni.org or linktr.ee/RutgersAlumniAssociation
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We offer the broadest range of services in New Jersey and we are the only behavioral health system that is part of a medical school, so our staff are trained in the most effective, most current treatment.(800) 969 - 5300 or ubhc.rutgers.edu
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CIWO at Rutgers SMLR is a space where labor and community connect; where new research, ideas and strategies are incubated and shared; and where leaders and staff at all levels can refine their skills and develop new ones. smlr.rutgers.edu/CIWO
This is the official Bluesky account for the Rutgers History Department (New Brunswick, NJ), designed to celebrate our students, faculty, and alums and to build intellectual networks and community.
health services researcher, postdoc studying palliative care and behavioral health, Guy Fieri fangirl
BHI is the hub for basic, translational, and clinical research into the biological bases of human brain function and dysfunction at Rutgers University.
Mission: Leading the charge to solve the mental health workforce crisis.
Vision: A nation where mental wellbeing is possible for all.
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