Panel Discussion with NJ Senator Angela McKnight On December 9th, NJ Senator Angela McKnight & NJ City University hosted a panel discussion on the relationship between cursive handwriting and literacy skills. NJ Senator Angela McKnight Dr. Liz Abadiotakis, Program Director of the Rutgers Occupational Therapy Assistant Program and a Pediatric Occupational Therapist [...]
Mindfulness Art Tuesdays Mindfulness Art Tuesdays brought SHP faculty and staff together throughout October and November for a midweek pause inspired by the Swedish concept of FIKA—taking time to step back, reconnect, and recharge. Across the series, participants explored watercolor, collage, and guided mindfulness prompts while building community through shared creative practice.Now that the [...]
HOPE Clinic Launches In-House Diabetes Education Program Thanks to a generous, anonymous gift, the Rutgers HOPE Clinic is beginning an in-house diabetes and nutrition education program to address a gap in patient care needs. When the clinic opened its doors in Plainfield, it had a dual purpose: meeting the health care needs [...]
Fall Risk Screening Program Reaches 1,000-Person Milestone Rutgers Health has reached a milestone in its effort to prevent osteoporosis and reduce fall risk across New Jersey communities.Since the Rutgers Interprofessional Osteoporosis and Fall Risk Screening Program began in 2019, it has screened more than 1,000 adults from around the state. The collaborative initiative [...]
Mutual Mentoring Grant for the SHP Free Clinic Network The Fall 2025 Clinic Advisory Group Meeting, held on December 4, 2025 and guided by Frank Giannelli and Dr. Andrew Lynch, marked the third and final session sponsored by the Mutual Mentoring Grant.Across one year, the grant supported three interdisciplinary meetings that brought together faculty from [...]
Rutgers Expands Leadership in Interprofessional Education Through Innovative Greece Exchange Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) is pushing interprofessional education (IPE) to the forefront of health professions training with a new international program in Greece that brought Rutgers and Greek students together to study how communication, teamwork, and health systems differ across borders—and [...]