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JUNE 2019

Declaring Climate Change a “Health Emergency”


Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health the world has ever faced. Air and land degradation, biodiversity loss, industrialization, invasive species, urbanization, toxic chemicals, and water shortages are wreaking havoc on our planet and, therefore, our lives.

It is a true public health emergency, one that exacerbates health inequities by disproportionately harming
 the most vulnerable among us.

Rutgers Global Health Institute joins the growing legion of voices who are calling on government, business, and civil society leaders to work across sectors to advance the U.S. Call to Action on Climate, Health, and Equity: A Policy Action Agenda.

A Healthy Serving of Nutrition Knowledge


In Global and Public Health Nutrition, a course offered this summer within the School of Health Professions' M.S. in clinical nutrition program (and as an elective within the School of Public Health), students learn to recognize how determinants of health, health disparities, and accessibility of resources influence nutrition status for diverse populations.

In a Q&A, Assistant Professor Joachim Sackey discusses the advocacy letters his students are writing, varying perspectives to consider in forming nutrition policy, and career paths for those interested in nutrition and health equity.

Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Tobago


Breast cancer mortality rates in Trinidad and Tobago are among the highest in the Caribbean and the world—and are steadily increasing.

In this featured project from our interactive map of Rutgers' global health education, research, and service efforts, School of Public Health faculty member Adana Llanos is investigating the epidemiology of breast cancer in Tobago through the collection and analysis of detailed breast cancer surveillance and epidemiologic data.

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Global sea levels could rise much higher than previously predicted, according to a study co-authored by Robert Kopp, a core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute and director of the Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. Time spoke with Kopp about these findings and how the worst-case scenario—a sea-level rise of 7.8 feet by 2100—would threaten major cities and potentially flood hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Cancer survivors deserve coordinated care because of the unique needs they face, writes Rutgers scholar-advocate Michelle Doose in Scientific American. A PhD cancer epidemiology researcher at the School of Public Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Doose is addressing cancer care inequities due to her unique experiences as a childhood cancer survivor and former health educator for teen and young adult cancer survivors.

Girls are more vulnerable to bullying than boys, according to research led by Nancy Pontes, a core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute and an assistant professor at the School of Nursing–Camden. Pontes told Rutgers–Camden News Now that girls are bullied more often and are also more likely to consider, plan, or attempt suicide compared with boys. The study, which analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from the 2011
2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, was published in the journal Nursing Research.

Global Health Events


June 30–July 3, New York

22nd International Workshop on Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV) and Related Agents
This year's meeting recognizes the 25th anniversary of the virus’s discovery. Rutgers' David Lukac, associate professor and director of the graduate track in infection, immunity, and inflammation at New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, is a conference organizer. Rutgers’ Office of Research and Economic Development and NJMS are conference sponsors.
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