Expert Commentary – Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

*FACULTY EXPERT Available to Discuss How The Election will Affect Regulation

Stuart Shapiro is an expert on federal and state regulating powers and former policy analyst at the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

*FACULTY EXPERTS Available to Discuss N.J.’s Vulnerability 8 Years after Sandy

Jeanne Herb is executive director of Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group and co-facilitator of the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance.

Faculty expert available to discuss hospital cybersecurity risk during pandemic

Soumitra Bhuyan is an assistant professor of health administration at the Bloustein School

Bloustein Expert Available to Discuss Ethics of NJ Vaccine Bill 1/13/2020

T. Patrick Hill, a Rutgers-New Brunswick professor of ethics and law, is available to discuss a New Jersey bill that would eliminate religion as a reason not to vaccinate public schoolchildren. Lawmakers are expected to vote Monday afternoon. “The vaccination requirement poses ethical questions, not the least of which is the suspension of parental medical […]

Expert Available to Discuss Ethics of NY HPV Vaccination Bills 12/3/19

T. Patrick Hill, a Bloustein School professor of ethics and law, is available to discuss New York state legislation that would require the vaccination for HPV for children before attending school. Two bills are being considered by the state and are up for the January 2020 vote. “As an amendment to existing public health law, […]

Rutgers experts available to discuss NJFloodMapper and NJForestAdapt 10/22/19

Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s interactive NJFloodMapper has been updated and NJForestAdapt, a new data visualization and mapping tool, is now available. Both tools are aimed at helping communities and citizens plan for and become more resilient to climate change-related impacts, including sea-level rise, flooding and warmer temperatures. NJFloodMapper is the “go to” resource for state and local coastal resilience planners. […]

Rutgers Iranian Affairs Expert Available to Discuss U.S.-Iran Relations 6/26/2019

Rutgers scholar Hooshang Amirahmadi is available to comment on the latest developments in tensions between the United States and Iran and the new sanctions ordered by the Trump administration. Amirahmadi is an expert on Iranian affairs at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and a former Iranian presidential candidate. “U.S. sanctioning […]