Watch videos from the Spring 2023 MHA Symposium, “Life Sciences and Healthcare Institutions: Partners for Life.” Keynote by Ton Hubbard, MPP, Senior VP, NEHI-Network for Excellence in Health Innovation. Panels included “Conducting and Funding Research,” “The Interplay Between External Industry and Health Systems,” and “Ethics and Equity in Research.”
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NJSPL – Maternal Health Equity in New Jersey
The latest New Jersey State Policy Lab blog was authored by Julia Snyder, MPH, and discusses the troubling and dramatic rise in the rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. In New Jersey. The rate of maternal mortality is 25.7 per 100,000 live births—this is lower than the latest national rate, but still ranks far below several other states such as California.
Freights and Ports Graduate Course Capstone Presentations
Watch this Spring’s Freights and Ports Capstone project presentations. Topics include complete street design, policy incentives for off-hours delivery, environmental impacts, passenger or freight rail priorities, urban freight loading zones, and leveraging value capture techniques.
NJSPL – Report Release: Using Technology to Reduce SNAP Learning Costs: Lessons from a Survey Experiment
Stephanie Walsh, Gregory Porumbescu, and Andrea Hetling tested the objective information recall of 1,6777 New Jersey residents by utilizing three different methods of communicating SNAP eligibility requirements: a screening questionnaire, a PDF flyer, and a video tutorial. Which one do you think worked best?
Dr. Patricia O’Brien-Richardson Receives the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia O’Brien-Richardson for receiving the 2022-23 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award honors non-tenure-track, full-time faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding teaching skills in classroom instruction, clinical instruction, curriculum development, or mentoring.
Rutgers Master of Health Administration program ranked 32nd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
The Bloustein MHA program was established in 2017 and educates early and mid-level careerists for entry-level positions and those of increasing responsibility and leadership in healthcare.
Rutgers Day is Saturday, April 29th from 10 am to 4pm
Join us for Rutgers Day! We will be on the College Avenue Campus, in the College Avenue Gym due to the rainy forecast. We’ll have fun activities and giveaways for kids and adults.
Graduate Students Tour Port Newark/Elizabeth
In early April students from the Freights and Ports class visited Port Newark/Elizabeth, the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the New York metropolitan area and northeastern North America operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Jeanne Herb is recipient of NJPHA President’s Award
Jeanne’s work intersects health equity with social determinants of health, environmental sustainability, state, and local public policy, and inclusive, participatory decision-making.
NJSPL – Citizens’ Trust in the New Jersey Government: What Can Data Tell Us?
Utilizing survey responses from a recent poll conducted with the Eagleton Institute, Seulki Lee (Global Affairs PhD ’23) & Abigail Alcala (MPP ’24) analyzed the demographics of respondents who were asked the question, “How much trust do you have in the New Jersey government to improve the quality of life for its citizens?”
Upcoming Events
Undergraduate New Student Information Session for Fall 2024 Majors
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIn-Person Session August 27th The Bloustein School is hosting the annual undergraduate student orientation for new majors on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Newly enrolled direct-admit students in Planning and Public Policy, […]
International Student Resources Information Session and Panel
VirtualMeet your Bloustein Graduate student services/career team and the Bloustein Liaison to our international students. The second hour will be a panel of international alumni who will share their journey […]
Virtual Career Drop-ins
VirtualStop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning September 9th through December 16th between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein […]
Virtual Career Drop-ins
VirtualStop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning September 9th through December 16th between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein […]
Virtual Career Drop-ins
VirtualStop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning September 9th through December 16th between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein […]