Survey of NJ Mental Health Provider Challenges and Adaptations to COVID-19 Pandemic April 8, 2020 Psychiatric Rehabilitation & Counseling Professions Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Research Tower 675 Hoes Lane West, 8th Floor Piscataway, NJ 08854 April 8, 2020 Rutgers School of Health Professions conducted an open-ended, online survey to identify the [...]
Unsung Warriors: Medical Lab Scientists Who Are Fighting Covid-19 They are the hidden heroes in the COVID-19 pandemic – the medical laboratory scientists who work behind the scenes battling the viral outbreak. Like detectives seeking a suspect, they search for evidence of the novel corona virus in swabbed body fluids. Wearing layers of protective [...]
Providing Disaster Response Counseling at a COVID-19 Testing Site For 20 years, Dawn Reinhardt-Wood has served on her county’s disaster response crisis counseling team - during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Sandy, and episodes of school violence and suicide - but she never experienced anything like the COVID-19 pandemic. “In this [...]
New Academic Success Center Gives Students Tools to Succeed To help students excel in the classroom, Rutgers School of Health Professions has launched a new Enrollment Management Academic Success Center that offers services to all students. The center provides one-on-one tutoring, writing seminars and academic workshops, as well as coaching and advising. [...]
SHP Faculty and Staff Recognized Each year, Rutgers School of Health Professions honors faculty and staff for their years of service to our school and leadership, and chooses an Employee of the year. This year, we recognized 29 employees for length of service. Dean Gwendolyn Mahon announced that the Employee of the [...]
Transforming Lives Through Community Service At Rutgers SHP, our students are treating underserved patients in areas where health care is unaffordable or inaccessible. Locally or across the globe, they’re making a difference working with vulnerable populations. In Newark, where 30 percent of residents live below poverty levels, physical therapy students run a [...]