Rutgers University’s experts in health care, environmental science and engineering, education, labor and business discuss what we have learned since the onset of COVID-19 and what we might expect in the future.
Merav Ozair, a FinTech professor at Rutgers Business School and leading expert on blockchain and cryptocurrency, demystifies decentralized finance and what it means for the future of money.
Simon Li, a principal investigator in the Rutgers pediatric clinical trial for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, addresses parents’ questions
Mark Gregory Robson, an internationally recognized scholar in environmental risk assessment and toxicology and a dedicated student mentor has been named the 2021 recipient of the Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award. The Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor and Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences studies the health effects of agricultural chemicals and food production practices in developing countries, which has resulted in important policy changes regarding the safe use of pesticides. Robson will deliver the Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award Lecture, “Rutgers – A Public University in the Land Grant Tradition that Provides Opportunities: How We Can Teach Our Students to Address Critical Global Issues” on Oct. 19.
According to the Pew Research Center, about 30 percent of Americans are almost constantly online, and health officials are concerned about the amount of time children and adults spend with technology. China recently banned children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, internet addiction centers have been opening in the United States and Facebook has come under fire for teenagers’ obsessive use of its Instagram app.
New Jersey just launched a Firearm Storage Map, making it the fifth state to employ such a service, which is designed to help reduce suicides and accidental firearm injuries and death. Michael Anestis, the executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, who created two of the five maps (in Mississippi and in New Jersey, which just launched) is available for interviews on the importance of the map.
Rutgers researchers conducting the Pfizer COVID-19 pediatric vaccine clinical trial and parents whose children are participating are available to discuss the recent news of the vaccine prompting a strong immune response in young children.
While social distancing and wearing masks kept last year’s flu season at an all-time low, experts expect flu cases will soar this year as students return to school and employees go back to the office and are urging people to get their flu vaccine to prevent the nation’s health care system from being overwhelmed by influenza and COVID-19. David Cennimo, an infectious disease expert at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses what you should do to protect yourself during the upcoming flu season.
Rutgers Women’s Health Institute addresses the unique health concerns of women reentering society after incarceration through a new state commission
Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Law School faculty experts are available to discuss repercussions from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 20 years ago in the United States and around the world.
Two decades before the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001 they soared above the New York City’s skyline. Today, the towers stand only in our memory, says Angus Gillespie, a professor of American Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and author of “Twin Towers: The Life of New York City’s World Trade Center,” who will teach a course this fall honoring the nearly 3,000 Americans killed in the attack.
Rutgers is working with the state to implement a new law that will provide universal health care coverage to nearly 90,000 children in New Jersey, including those who are undocumented.
Last month, New Jersey became the first state to legislate a “One Health Task Force,” which promotes communication between state agencies and scientists who study human health, animal health and the earth sciences. The law is based on the Rutgers One Health Steering Committee, which was started in 2016.
A Rutgers expert discusses how the legalization of cannabis could widen gaps in health and social equity for pregnant women, new mothers and their children.
Throughout the country, states are opening up and lifting COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place for more than a year at a time when only about a third of Americans have been fully vaccinated and less than a half have received at least one dose. Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, discusses how to interpret new guidelines, what to expect in the coming months, and if this is an indication that life is returning to normal.
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