Newswise — Dr. Peter Wenger, medical director for Project Vaccinate, an immunization case management and community action initiative directed through the Newark Department of Child and Family Well-Being is available to discuss the importance of vaccinations to infants during National Infant Immunization Week April 25-May 2. Dr. Wenger is also an associate professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance highlighting the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrating the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation's largest free-standing public health sciences university with nearly 5,700 students attending the state's three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions, a school of nursing and its only school of public health on five campuses. Annually, there are more than two million patient visits at UMDNJ facilities and faculty practices at campuses in Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ operates University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare, a statewide mental health and addiction services network.
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