NJPRA Recognizes SHP Dean, Faculty, and Alumni Rutgers School of Health Professions was well-represented in this year’s NJ Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's (NJPRA) recognition awards, with five people associated with the school receiving awards. They are Dean Gwendolyn Mahon, recipient of the 2020 Administrator Award; faculty member Lue Ann Librera, recipient of the [...]
Meet Some of SHP's Quarantine Companions Research has shown that a bond between a human and an animal lessens stress. That may be why more of us have turned into pet-parents while being quarantined. Here are some of the pets that helped the SHP community to get through the pandemic. [...]
Meet Some of the Students Who Comprise SHP David Bartolini, 48 BS Medical Imaging Sciences - Cardiovascular Sonography, Class of 2022. Where are you from? I live in Jacobstown in Burlington County but grew up in Northern California and Washington. I spent 24 years with the U.S Coast Guard so I [...]
ADA Turns 30 How the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act flourishes at Rutgers SHP Implementing the Historic Legislation By Amy Banko, MS, CPRP Integrated Employment Institute Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions This year marks the 30th anniversary of a significant milestone in the history of disability legislation, [...]
What She Learned From Her Grandmother About Racism and How She is Using Data for Social Change By Angela Baltes I know her as someone who loves Moon Pies, garage sales and thrift store shopping. My grandmother would watch Ren and Stimpy with me as a child and add commentary as I [...]
Rutgers SHP Professor Receives Research Alumni Award Rutgers SHP Professor Judith Deutsch was selected to receive the 2020 Research Alumni Award from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School and Kessler Foundation. The award is given to former post-doctoral fellows who have achieved outstanding scholarship and [...]