PUBLIC HEALTH Semester Scoop The Growing Market of Flavored Cigars

Rutgers School of
FALL 2014
PUBLIC HEALTH
Semester Scoop
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The Growing Market of Flavored Cigars
The Department of Health Education & Behavioral Science
examines the popularity of flavored cigars.
IN THIS
Issue
1 From the Interim Dean
Research
1 The Growing Market of Flavored
Cigars
2 Do Tomatoes Decrease Cancer Risk?
3 Using Poisson Regression
3 Reframing Global Climate Change
4 Expanding Dependant Coverage
Teaching
5 Public Health Nutrition
6 Training Volunteers to Respond
Safely
Service
7 SGA Presidents, 2014-2015
8 Major Events in Fall 2014
8 October 16 Open House
Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) with cigar
sales data from Nielsen’s Convenience
Track Service which provides consumer
sales information from convenience
stores. Study researchers examined
NSDUH’s current cigar smokers and
their usual cigar brand to estimate
use of and preference for flavored
cigars. Youth, young adults, females,
and black cigar smokers were found to
more likely report a preference for cigar
brands that are flavored.
By using the cigar sales data, this
innovative study assessed patterns in
tobacco consumption beyond basic
prevalence (i.e., who uses the products
Photo Credit: www.trinketsandtrash.org
see Flavored Cigars, page 4
From the Interim Dean
Following the passage of the Family
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act in 2009, flavored cigarettes,
including clove cigarettes, were
banned based on the belief that these
cigarettes appealed to youth. However,
this ban on flavors was not extended to
cigars and the market of flavored cigars
has grown substantially.
Cristine Delnevo, a behavioral
scientist, and her Center for Tobacco
Studies (CTS) colleagues, published an
article in Tobacco Control that centered
on the increasing popularity of flavored
cigars among young people.
This study was unique because it
linked data from the National Survey on
The Rutgers School of Public Health has had a very active
spring and summer and we are pleased to report some
of the highlights in this issue of our Semester Scoop.
In March, we hosted the 87th Annual Meeting of the
American Epidemiological Society which brought 85 senior
epidemiologists to our campus; in May we celebrated 117
new graduates; and over the summer 23 health professional
school students participated in the Bridging the Gaps
program. In September, we welcomed one of our largest
incoming classes with 116 new students, including 5 certificate, 83 MPH, 19
MS and 9 doctoral students. The search for a permanent dean is underway, and
upon its completion I look forward to returning to the epidemiology faculty.
The school’s self-study is in process for our reaccreditation by the Council on
Education for Public Health (our site visit is in June 2015). School faculty have
recently been awarded two prestigious R01 grants as well as the School's first
Career Development Award (K Award) all from the National Institutes of Health
and received funding from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (see pages 6-7).
The School's Current Student and Alumni surveys were both a
success. Thank you for participating! See our website for survey
results. We are off to a great start this fall and wish each of you a
very successful year.
George G. Rhoads, MD, MPH
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Center Close-Ups
The Center for Health Economics
and Health Policy (CHEHP), led
by Alan C. Monheit, is a research
component of the Department
of Health Systems and Policy. The
Center's purpose is to conduct
research studies to inform health
policy. Center researchers examine:
ƒƒ individual and household
behavior regarding health care
use and expenditures;
ƒƒ decisions to enroll in private and
public health insurance;
ƒƒ decisions to participate in risky
health behaviors;
ƒƒ how socioeconomic status,
neighborhood of residence, and
medical care affects population
health; and
ƒƒ how state health insurance reform
and national health reform affects
access to health insurance and
health care.
Other research has included the
relationship between employment
and health insurance status; factors
associated with overweight and
obesity; how nurse staffing affects
neonatal outcomes; and how
economic shocks affect health care
decisions and health status.
CHEHP also contributes to
the mentoring and educational
experience of doctoral and master's
degree students and provides
opportunities for applied research.
For more information please visit:
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Do Tomatoes Decrease Cancer Risk?
The Department of Epidemiology examined the effects of
tomato- and soy-rich diets.
A
tomato-rich
diet
may help protect at-risk
postmenopausal women
from breast cancer, according
to research published in the
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
& Metabolism.
This study found that eating a diet
high in tomatoes, which is the best
source of the antioxidant lycopene,
had a positive effect on the level of
adiponectin. Adiponectin is a hormone
that plays a role in regulating fat and
sugar metabolism. (Higher adiponectin
levels are found in lean subjects, rather
than obese subjects.)
the women were instructed
to not eat tomato or soy
products for two weeks.
While the soy diet was linked
to a reduction in participants'
adiponectin levels, the tomatorich diet resulted in a 9% increase in
adiponectin. The effect was slightly
stronger in women who had a lower
body mass index, with a 13% increase
in adiponectin.
"The findings demonstrate the
importance of obesity prevention,"
Llanos said. "Consuming a diet rich
in tomatoes had a larger impact
on hormone levels in women who
"Eating fruits and vegetables, which are rich in essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals and
phytochemicals, such as lycopene, conveys significant health benefits." -Adana Llanos
"The advantages of eating plenty of
tomatoes and tomato-based products,
even for a short period, were clearly
evident in our findings," said the study's
first author, Adana Llanos, a molecular
epidemiologist at the School. Llanos
did the research as a postdoctoral
fellow at The Ohio State University
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The longitudinal study examined the
effects of both tomato-rich and soy-rich
diets in a group of 70 postmenopausal
women. For 10 weeks, the women ate
tomato products containing at least 25
milligrams (mg) of lycopene daily. For
a separate 10 weeks, the participants
consumed at least 40 grams of soy
protein daily. Before each test period,
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maintained a healthy weight."
"Eating fruits and vegetables, which
are rich in essential nutrients, vitamins,
minerals and phytochemicals, such as
lycopene, conveys significant health
benefits. Based on this data, we believe
regular consumption of at least the
daily recommended servings of
fruits and vegetables would promote
breast cancer prevention in an at-risk
population, " Llanos says.
Consuming 25mg of lycopene daily can be easy:
ƒƒ Drink one cup of tomato juice or
ƒƒ Eat a bowl of tomato soup, a ½-cup tomatobased pasta sauce, and 1 Tbsp of ketchup.
Cooked tomatoes seem to provide larger amounts
of lycopene when compared to raw tomatoes.
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Using Poisson Regression
The Department of Biostatistics uses Poisson Regression
to help better understand gene mutations.
Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C)
disease is a genetic, neurodegenerative
disorder which causes progressive
deterioration of the nervous system.
NP-C is rare and afflicts approximately
1 in 150,000 people, and typically
strikes in childhood. Early symptoms
may include difficulty walking, slurred
speech, difficulty swallowing, and other
neurological problems. As the disease
progresses, the neurological symptoms
become increasingly severe, usually
leading to the patient’s death. While
there is currently no cure, research into
the causes of this disease may lead to
effective therapies in the future.
The most common form of the
disease is caused by a defect in the
lysosomal membrane protein gene
(NPC1). NP-C disease also results from
mutations in the NPC2 gene. When a
person has a defective version of the
NPC1 or NPC2 gene, cholesterol and
other related molecules accumulate
in the lysosomes. Over time this leads
to problems with normal cell function
and eventually to the neurological
symptoms of the disease. (Found in our
cells, lysosomes break down cellular
waste materials and debris.)
Biostatistician Dirk Moore and fellow
Rutgers’ researchers David Sleat and
Peter Lobel, used a statistical modeling
method known as Poisson regression
to model “spectral counts” of over 60
lysosomal proteins in samples taken
from experimental mice with NPC1
and NPC2 gene mutations. The Poisson
model allowed for valid comparisons of
the number of counts of these proteins
see Poisson Regression, page 4
Reframing Global Climate Change
The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
contributes to research on climate change messaging.
Focusing on today's public health
benefits of reducing fossil fuel use now
may garner broader support of climate
change mitigation policies, a new
study suggests. The study, published
in Climatic Change, was conducted by
Jaime Madrigano and colleagues at
Columbia University's Earth Institute.
(Madrigano completed the research
while she was a postdoctoral fellow at
the Earth Institute.)
The researchers examined
whether framing climate
change in terms of public
health (reducing fossil fuel
use would also improve air
quality) influenced attitudes
toward efforts to reduce carbon
emissions. The researchers found that
self-identified political conservatives
found public health impacts to be
a more compelling reason–than
climate change–to support fossil fuel
reductions. Further, conservatives,
generally, showed more support for
climate change mitigation when the
messaging was framed around present
day public health impacts. The opposite
pattern was observed among selfidentified liberals, such that framing
emissions in terms of climate
change impacts was more
effective. The study indicates
the potential for motivating
mitigation through a new and
under utilized framework.
Center Close-Ups
The Center for Tobacco
Studies (CTS), formerly
the Center for Tobacco
Surveillance & Evaluation
Research, advances the
scientific base for tobacco
control by conducting
applied research
of high quality,
integrity, and innovation. Center
researchers, under the direction
of Cristine Delnevo, conduct
surveillance research that is highly
relevant to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration's (FDA) tobacco
product regulations and continue to
search for new ways to evaluate and
inform FDA regulatory authority.
The Center’s research agenda
focuses on exploring the changing
product features of the current
tobacco marketplace, shifts in
tobacco industry marketing
techniques, and tobacco-related
behaviors and attitudes among
various sub-populations. Center
researchers identify and examine
tobacco-related data which helps to
inform regulatory policies that aim
to protect public health.
CTS also includes Trinkets &
Trash, an online surveillance system
and archive of tobacco products
and tobacco industry marketing
materials. Trinkets & Trash is
overseen by behavioral scientist
Jane Lewis.
For more information on CTS’
recent activities and publications,
visit sph.rutgers.edu/centers_
institutes/tobacco_studies.
To learn more about Trinkets &
Trash, visit www.trinketsandtrash.
org or follow Trinkets & Trash on
Twitter (@trinketsantrash).
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Faculty
Features
Sheenu Chandwani, instructor
of epidemiology, obtained an MPH
'07 and a PhD '12 from the Rutgers
School of Public Health, both in
epidemiology. She completed
a fellowship in Outcomes
Research at Merck & Co. Inc. and a
National Research Services Award
postdoctoral fellowship through
the School and Rutgers Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School.
Chandwani immigrated to the
U.S. with a degree in dental surgery
from India and became interested in
the intellectual and multidisciplinary
field of public health. Her aptitude
in quantitative methods and clinical
understanding of health made it a
perfect career choice.
She advises students to make the
most out of their graduate program
and acquire the skills that will help
them succeed in any area of public
health.
Chandwani works in the area
of health services and outcomes
research and her research focuses
on examining disparities in breast
cancer treatment, adverse birth
outcomes among South Asian
infants born in the United States,
treatment and clinical outcomes
of melanoma, and medication
adherence among adult kidney
transplant recipients. She is already
starting to establish an independent
research program at Rutgers and
contributing
to the progress
of students by
teaching
and
mentoring them.
Sheenu Chandwani, PhD, MPH
Research
Expanding Dependent Coverage
The Department of Health Systems and Policy contributes to
research on an early provision of the Affordable Care Act.
Health economist Alan C. Monheit
with fellow researchers at the
Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
examined the impact of the expansion
of dependent coverage through the
Affordable Care Act (ACA). Young
adults, up to age 26, are permitted to
enroll as dependents on their parents'
private health plan.
Prior to the passage of the ACA,
nearly one in three young
adults lacked health
insurance coverage.
The researchers showed
that the ACA dependent
coverage expansion led
to a rapid and substantial
increase in the number of young
adults with dependent coverage and
a reduction in the uninsured rate in
the early months of implementation.
The researchers were able to attribute
a more than 25% rise in the share
of targeted young adults with nonspousal dependent coverage and
a nearly 10 percent drop in their
uninsured rate between 2009 and 2010.
This decline in the uninsured translates
to about 716,000 young adults gaining
coverage as a result of the ACA in 2010.
The findings indicated that
response to the dependent coverage
expansion was very rapid following
implementation in September 2010.
Rapid enrollment may have been
encouraged by high public awareness
of the ACA dependent coverage
rules. In contrast to studies of earlier
state-level young adult
reforms conducted by
the researchers, the
results do not suggest
that the increase in
coverage of young adults
as dependents occurred
at the cost of a decline in other forms
of private coverage.
Indeed, Monheit and colleagues
found that the ACA-dependent
coverage rules led to a rapid and large
enrollment in young adult dependent
coverage. Thus, coverage of young
adults on parents’ health plans is likely
to be an important feature of the health
insurance landscape well into the
future and a public policy success.
Flavored Cigars from page 1
and how often), which existing tobacco surveillance systems lack. The study
also illustrated the need to monitor tobacco product attributes as well as collect
more detailed information on individual-level tobacco product characteristics
associated with use behaviors. Such data is helping to inform public health
regulatory policies. For example, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)
cited Delnevo's study in its proposed rule to extend its authority to additional
tobacco products, such as cigars.
Poisson Regression from page 3
in normal mice as compared to those with the mutations. The study found a number
of lysosomal proteins with altered levels in mice with NP-C gene mutations as
compared to normal mice. Knowing which proteins are over- or under-expressed
in the mutant mice helps us to understand how defects in the NPC1 and NPC2
gene at the molecular level lead to the progression of the disease, and may suggest
molecular targets for new drugs to treat the disease.
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Public Health Nutrition
Rutgers School of Public Health offers a new specialization
in public health nutrition in the Department of Quantitative
Methods: Epidemiology.
Nutrition is an integral component
of health and well-being of the
population and is important for the
improvement and promotion of
population health. While Registered
Dietitians/Nutritionists are the only
credentialed nutrition/dietetics
practitioners, nutrition spans across
many disciplines and is a component
of public and community health,
as well as health care planning,
practice, administration, and research.
The Surgeon General’s Report, an
Institute of Medicine Report and other
federal and professional associations
guidelines speak to the need for
nutrition as a component of health
professions education.
The MPH in Quantitative Methods:
Epidemiology with a specialization (or
collateral) in Public Health Nutrition
is a 45-credit degree program and
includes: core public health courses;
quantitative methods / epidemiology
courses; nutrition collateral courses;
and Fieldwork in public health
nutrition.
The Public Health Nutrition
Collateral for Epidemiology majors
within the Department of Quantitative
Methods is offered in partnership with
Rutgers School of Health Related
Profession’s Graduate Programs in
Clinical Nutrition.
For more information, contact
the Interim Chair, Department of
Quantitative Methods:
Marian Passannante at
973-972-4775 or
marian.passannante@rutgers.edu.
For More Information on School of Public Health Research Highlighted in the Semester Scoop:
Do Tomatoes Decrease Cancer Risk? (pg 2): Llanos AA, Peng J, Pennell ML, Krok JL, Vitolins MZ,
Degraffinreid CR, Paskett ED. Effects of tomato and soy on serum adipokine concentrations in
postmenopausal women at increased breast cancer risk: A cross-over dietary intervention trial.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2014 Feb;99(2):625-32.
Expanding Dependent Cover (pg 4): Cantor JC, Monheit AC, DeLia D, Lloyd K. "Early impact of the
Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage of young adults." Health Services Research. 2012 Oct;
47(5):1773-90.
Reframing Global Climate Change (pg 3): Petrovic N, Madrigano J, Zaval L. "Motivating mitigation:
when health matters more than climate change." Climatic Change. 2014, DOI 10.1007/s10584-0141192-2.
The Growing Market of Flavored Cigars (pg 1): Delnevo CD, Giovenco DP, Ambrose BA, Corey CG, Conway
KP. "Preference for flavoured cigar brands among youth, young adults and adults in the USA."
Tobacco Control. 2014 Apr; doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051408 -and- Delnevo CD, Hrywna M.
"Clove cigar sales following the US flavoured cigarette ban." Tobacco Control. 2014 Mar, doi:10.1136/
tobaccocontrol-2013-051415.
Using Poisson Regression (pg 3): Sleat DE, Wiseman JA, Sohar I, El-Banna M, Zheng H, Moore DF, Lobel
P. "Proteomic analysis of mouse models of Niemann-Pick C disease reveals alterations in the steadystate levels of lysosomal proteins within the brain" Proteomics. 2012 Dec; 12(0):3499-3509.
Faculty
Features
Antoinette “Nan” Stroup,
associate professor of epidemiology;
division chief, division of cancer
epidemiology; and director, New
Jersey State Cancer Registry,
obtained her doctorate in
epidemiology from the University
of California, Berkeley. She
previously served on the faculty at
the University of Utah and was the
director of the Utah Cancer Registry.
Stroup works with the New
Jersey Department of Health and
the Rutgers Cancer Institute of
New Jersey to lead the New Jersey
State Cancer Registry, whose
cancer surveillance team collects
and analyzes cancer incidence
and survival data across the state.
The registry serves as a local
and national resource for cancer
control and prevention efforts and
population-based epidemiological
studies into the causes, treatments
and outcomes in patients with
cancer.
Stroup’s research focuses on
cancer surveillance statistics and
methodologies, with a growing
interest in population-based
disparities research. She is currently
investigating the feasibility of
creating population-based cancer
survivorship and late-effects
registries for rare and understudied
cancers. Stroup has received several
grants from the
National Cancer
Institute and has
published many
manuscripts
on
cancer
epidemiology.
Antoinette “Nan” Stroup, PhD
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Andrew Auerbach, School of
Public Health '13, studied health
systems and policy.
From his time at the School...
Auerbach joined the American
College of Healthcare Executives
and attended many seminars
and networking events. One of
these was a disaster management
symposium hosted at Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst where he
discovered that the Air Force had
career opportunities for healthcare
administrators.
What is he doing today...
In October 2013, Auerbach was
one of a few to be selected as a
civilian accession for the Medical
Service Corps. His first duty is at
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,
he is heading three departments:
Resource
and
Pe r s o n n e l
Management, Medical Information
Management, and the Command
Support Staff. He will attend
Commissioned Officer's Training,
then Health Service Administration
training for six weeks. He says "I
cannot speak more highly of the
opportunities available through the
Air Force for all health professionals;
no matter the specialty. I urge all
students, no matter the field of study,
to research career paths through any
of the armed forces - you may just be
surprised of what you'll find!"
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making in your respective areas of expertise.
Training Volunteers to Respond Safely
The Office of Public Health Practice offers training and
educational opportunities for those who respond to disasters.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,
many volunteers responded to help
flood victims. Ensuring the safety of
those who respond to disasters is
the business of the Office of Public
Health Practice (OPHP) at the
School of Public Health.
Volunteers may participate
in variety of response activities
during a disaster, including; setting
up shelters, coordinating food
and clothing, and cleaning/fixing
homes impacted by the disaster. And
training volunteers that respond to
disasters about possible hazards they
will face so they stay safe and healthy
is an essential aspect of any response.
OPHP offers such trainings to
disaster response volunteers that focus
on developing the knowledge and
skills of the volunteer to incorporate
safety and health protections in
every aspect of response activities.
Specifically, volunteers are taught how
to conduct hazard assessments so that
they can understand
and control the
hazards they may face
at a disaster site.
Shortly
after
Hurricane Sandy,
OPHP
provided
training to hundreds
of homeowners and
volunteers in New Jersey and New York
to respond to mold issues in homes.
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OPHP works with communitybased organizations (CBOs) and longterm recovery groups to identify
and train disaster
response volunteers.
Volunteers may be
emergency response
personnel or just
individuals interested
in helping during
a disaster. With
funding from the
National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), OPHP has
trained hundreds of volunteers in the
Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA)
10-hour Construction Outreach course,
the 4-hour Disaster Preparedness
course, and the 2-day Disaster Site
Worker course.
OPHP also emphasizes developing
the capacity of CBOs to not only
respond to disasters with basic safety
and health skills and knowledge, but
to also build a network of trained
disaster responders in a community.
OPHP is collaborating with the New
York Committee on Occupational
Safety and Health and the World
Cares Center and together they
have developed a Train-the-Trainer
program for disaster response. This
3-day program will develop a cadre
of instructors in volunteer agencies.
More information may be found at:
ophp.sph.rutgers.edu
R01 CA185623: "Obesity, Related Comorbidities, and Breast Cancer Outcomes in African Americans," National
Cancer Institute, $5.7 million, Kitaw Demissie, Co-PI (09/2014-08/2019)
R01 AA: "Alcohol Use Disorder Treatments: An Examination of Clinical Outcome Heterogeneity and Mechanisms
Effecting Behavior Change," National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, $2.5 million, Patrick
Clifford, PI (09/2014-08/2019)
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Leaders of the 2014-2015
Student Government Association
Each campus of the Rutgers School of Public Health has an active
Student Government Association serving as the voice of students.
NEW BRUNSWICK
Amoli Joshi, BS – SGA President for New Brunswick
Joshi is pursuing her MPH in epidemiology as a full-time
student. She was born and raised in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Genetics from
Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.
Her plans for SGA-New Brunswick:
I plan to work with the students to be more involved with
the school, to build relationships that can help with networking, and to have
more alumni involved to increase the school participation and support for current
students and alumni. Currently, I am focused on career building workshops. I am
also involved with Rutgers University Senate and Rutgers Biomedical and Health
Sciences strategic planning steering committee.
NEWARK
Breanne Biondi, BA – SGA President for Newark
Biondi is pursuing her MPH in quantitative methods, and
hopes to work as an epidemiologist after graduation. In her
spare time, she enjoys trying new restaurants in Newark with
her friends and coworkers, as well as learning yoga.
Her plans for SGA-Newark:
I am very excited to be the SGA President in Newark. I, as well as my other board
members, hope to increase the sense of community here in Newark.
STRATFORD
Yaa Keene, BS – SGA President for Stratford
Keene earned her BS in public health from the Edward J.
Bloustein School at Rutgers–New Brunswick and is currently
working in hospital administration. She is in her final year of
her MPH in health systems and policy.
Her plans for SGA-Stratford:
I am working with Associate Dean Bernadette West to invite
a panel of former students who are currently working with their MPH to come
back and give advice to current students on what being a part of the workforce
is like, and how to find employment upon graduation.
K01 CA189301: "Developing and Testing Warning Statements about E-Cigarettes," National Cancer Institute and US
Food and Drug Administration, $500k, Olivia Wackowski, PI (09/2014-08/2017)
"Region 2 Public Health Training Center," Health Resources and Services Administration, $100k, Mitchel A. Rosen,
Subcontract PI (09/2014-08/2018)
"Collaborative Scientific Research Related to Recovery from Hurricane Sandy: Tree Hazards," Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response, US Department of Health and Human Services, $350k, Mitchel A. Rosen, PI (09/2014
-09/2016)
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Alumni
Achievements
Kristen Healy, School of Public
Health '11, studied environmental
and occupational health. While
earning her MPH, she wrote a book
chapter on pesticides for the Praeger
Handbook of Environmental Health.
From her time at the School...
Healy continues to put her
education to good use in her daily
work, saying “I have truly benefited
from taking many wonderful classes,
and they allowed me to see things
from so many different perspectives.
I can honestly say that I have used
the knowledge I gained from so
many of my classes, in helping to
develop public health education
campaigns, analyzing data,
researching pesticides, and formerly
working as an epidemiologist for a
county health department.”
What is she doing today...
With a PhD in entomology, Healy
is an assistant professor at Louisiana
State University where she teaches
courses, such as Insect Epidemiology
and Public Health Entomology. The
position combines her passion for
both public health and entomology.
Healy has received
several grants from
the EPA and USDA
to study the effects
of pesticides on
honey bee health
and mortality.
Kristen Healy, PhD, MPH
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Major Events in Fall 2014
Speakers, dates and times are subject to change. Please check our website for latest
information.
Student Leadership
Student Government Association
New Brunswick
President Amoli Joshi: aaj50@sph.rutgers.edu
Secretary Ndome Essoka: nye3@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Treasurer: Anastasia Ifeoma Offordile: aio15@sph.rutgers.edu
Newark
President Breanne Biondi:
beb91@sph.rutgers.edu
Important
Contact
Vice President: Ernesto Velez: elv25@sph.rutgers.edu
Information
Treasurer: Katherine Baldwin: baldwikm@gsbs.rutgers.edu
Secretary: Susan Klimkowski: klimkosu@sph.rutgers.edu
Stratford
President Yaa Asantewaa Keene:
keeneya@sph.rutgers.edu
Student Rep for Rutgers University Senate
Amoli Joshi: aaj50@sph.rutgers.edu
V.O.I.C.E.S. Student Directors
New Brunswick Chapter (in alphabetical order)
Maria Baldino: meb330@sph.rutgers.edu
Mehra Blott: mehrablott@gmail.com
Melissa George: mgg74@sph.rutgers.edu
Nataly Patino: patino.nataly@gmail.com
Julianne Thompson: jrt140@sph.rutgers.edu
Elizabeth Trainer: trainoea@sph.rutgers.edu
Newark Chapter
Mariam Rashid: mrashid3@sph.rutgers.edu
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Piscataway, NJ 08854
t. 732-235-4646
f. 732-235-5476
zamorsja@sph.rutgers.edu
Newark
Stanley S. Bergen, Jr. Building
65 Bergen Street, 7th Floor, Room 701
Newark, NJ 07101
t. 973-972-7212
f. 973-972-8032
barnesrb@sph.rutgers.edu
Stratford
University Educational Center
40 East Laurel Road, Room 2033/2034
Stratford, NJ 08084
t. 856-566-2790
f. 856-566-2882
westbm@sph.rutgers.edu
Office of the Dean
School of Public Health
683 Hoes Lane West, 2nd Floor, Suite 235
Piscataway, NJ 08854
t. 732-235-9700
f. 732-235-9755
sphinfo@sph.rutgers.edu
Public Health and Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds are held at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185
South Orange Avenue, Newark (Room MSB-B610) from 4:00-5:00pm (most are available via ‘Live-Stream').
Contact Frank Kemp at francis.kemp@rutgers.edu for more information.
Oct 20 Title and Speaker to be Announced
Nov 17 Title and Speaker to be Announced
Dec 15 Title and Speaker to be Announced
Public Health Seminar Series are held at the School of Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway (Conference
Room 3A/B) from 10:30am-12:00pm (most are available via ‘Live-Stream’). Go to ophp.sph.rutgers.edu for registration information.
Nov 5 Ebola Updates (Rajendra Kapila)
Nov 19 Title and Speaker to be Announced
Dec 2 Risk Communications: Working with the Media During Public Health Emergencies
(Lauren Taylor and Tom Slater)
Dec 16 LGBT Health Issues (Philip T. McCabe)
Research Seminars are sponsored by the School's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and are held at the School of
Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway (Conference Room 334) from 3:30pm-5:00pm (also available via IP video in Newark).
Oct 30 Climate Change and Public Health Impact (Jaime Madrigano)
Nov 20 Smoking Cessation Research Among Pregnant Women: Improving The Science and Art (Neal Richard Boyd)
Dec 18 How Does Family Health Care Use Respond to Economic Shocks? (HSAP faculty)
Get Involved! The SGA and V.O.I.C.E.S. chapters have many events planned that you can get
involved in. Here are just a few:
In New Brunswick
In Newark (SGA and V.O.I.C.E.S.)
SGA:
ƒƒ 3rd Annual Food Drive: “Everyone Do the Can
ƒƒ Oct 15 ­­– Networking at Brother Jimmy's BBQ
ƒƒ Oct 26 ­­– Breast Cancer Walk, Edison
ƒƒ Thru Oct 26 ­­– Think Pink Days
ƒƒ Nov 19 –­­ Networking at Applebee's
ƒƒ Serving Dinner at Elijah's Promise (Nov)
V.O.I.C.E.S.:
ƒƒ Cleaning the Food Pantry­­– Monthly at
Christ Church in New Brunswick
ƒƒ World Food Day (Oct): Food Drive,
Healthy Food Demo (Oct 15 @ 3:00pm), and
Grow-A-Row Harvest (Oct 17 @ 1:00pm)
ƒƒ Nov 8 @ 8:30am –­­ Habitat for Humanity
ƒƒ Bread/Cake Sale and Blanket Drive (Nov)
ƒƒ Sock Drive (Nov/Dec) for Cathedral
Kitchen Food Pantry on MLK Day
ƒƒ Dec 1 ­­– World AIDS Day (HIV Prevention)
ƒƒ Holiday Gift Drive (Dec)
Can!” ­­– Please donate canned goods and nonperishable food items through Oct 24. (For
the Community Food Bank of New Jersey).
ƒƒ “Sock it to Me” ­­– Please donate new socks for children
ages 5-15 through the end of the year. (For Kabala
School and Home for the Blind in Sierra Leone)
ƒƒ Oct 24 @
­­ 6:30pm – Celebrate Food Day with a Movie:
A Place at the Table
Admission: A canned good or non-perishable food
item. Refreshments will be available.
Location: Medical Science Building
Rosemary Gellene Room B-515
185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ
In Stratford
ƒƒ Oct 23 –­­ Alumni Career Panel from 4:005:00pm, 1081 UEC classroom.
For more information about the listed events, contact the SGA or V.O.I.C.E.S. students (see left panel for contact information).
Visit Faculty and Students at Our
October 16 Open House
The Open House is a great way to
learn more about the programs and
services available at the Rutgers School
of Public Health. You will be able to
talk with faculty, students, and alumni
representatives from admissions and
financial aid, and about other aspects
of your graduate school experience at
the Rutgers School of Public Health.
October 16, 2014
4:00-6:30pm
At 683 Hoes Lane West
1st Floor Atrium
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(Free Parking)
RSVP to let us know you’ll be there!
Call 732-235-9700 or
email sphinfo@sph.rutgers.edu.
The Semester Scoop is published for the Rutgers School of Public Health community.
Director of Planning Laura E. Liang, laura.liang@sph.rutgers.edu
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fall 2014