Listening First: How Rutgers SHP is Redesigning Care With Communities When systems are designed far from the people who use them, even good intentions can land badly.An autistic adult’s pain is dismissed as just behavior.A bilingual child is routed into special education because a test wasn’t built for them.An older woman leaves the free [...]
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 [...]
From Scientific Discoveries to Clinical Impact How Rutgers SHP Is Re-defining Behavioral Interventions Significant advances in modern health care have led to discoveries that improve lives, yet the gap between innovation and real‑world implementation often prevents those benefits from reaching the people who need them most.People with serious mental health problems can thrive in [...]
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 [...]