Center for Public Health Workforce Development - Rutgers SPH

03/16/2026

Please join us in congratulating Associate Professor and Center Manager Koshy Koshy, PhD, on the publication of his newest scholarly work! 👏

He was the co-author of a chapter entitled “Public Health System in the United States” in a newly released book, "Fundamentals of Healthcare Management: Theory and Practice."

This contribution reflects Koshy’s commitment to advancing public health knowledge and helping educate the next generation of public health professionals. We’re proud to see Rutgers School of Public Health faculty sharing their expertise and strengthening the field through scholarship and education.

03/13/2026

Don’t tempt fate today (or any day)—stick with the facts.

03/11/2026

🌙 Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe.

As the holy month of Ramadan begins, we extend warm wishes to members of our community who are observing this time of reflection, prayer, and fasting.

If you are fasting, remember to take care of your health by:

💧 Staying hydrated during non-fasting hours
🥗 Choosing balanced meals at suhoor and iftar
😴 Getting enough rest as routines shift throughout the month
🤝 Checking in on neighbors, family, and community members

Ramadan is also a time for compassion, generosity, and connection—values that strengthen the health and wellbeing of our entire community.
Wishing peace, health, and blessings to all observing. 🌙✨

03/09/2026

🚨This Friday 3/13! Register to attend a FREE 1-day Rutgers School of Public Health virtual course, Managing Existing and Emerging Hazardous Energy Threats in the Workplace.

👷This training is intended for anyone involved in the operation, maintenance, and repair of machinery, including workers, supervisors, and safety managers in manufacturing and smart factories, warehousing and logistics, construction and general facility management.

🔗Learn more and register at go.rutgers.edu/HAZENERGY

03/03/2026

🎉Our Annual Impact Report is officially done! Many of you have already received it in your inboxes and mailboxes — thank you for staying connected with our work making workplaces and communities healthier and safer.

💥Here are a few snapshots from the Report 👇

👀Want to see more? You can view the full report online here: http://go.rutgers.edu/TheRippleEffect2025

02/27/2026

🚨 Urgent Action Needed: Protect Public Health Professional Degrees

The Department of Education’s newly proposed definition of “professional degrees” under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) excludes public health degrees including the MPH and DrPH. This change threatens student access to public health education, the stability of public health degree programs, and the strength of the US public health workforce. Excluding public health degrees from this definition also threatens to limit students’ ability to access study loans and to reduce nationwide enrollment in public health programs.

There is currently a public comment period on this topic that closes on Monday March 2nd. Please speak up NOW for public health and let legislators know you oppose this change. A sample comment you can copy and paste is in the comments below 👇

Submit at https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/ED-2025-OPE-0944-0001

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02/27/2026

⚠️SAVE THE DATE | New York New Jersey Education and Research Center 46th Annual Scientific Meeting: "25 Years After 9/11, How Has OSH Changed?"

Friday, April 24, 2026
8:30am - 4:15pm
Location: Icahn School of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital, Hess Building Davis Auditorium

View the agenda at https://rutgerstraining.sph.rutgers.edu/ercannualmeeting/

02/27/2026

🙏Thank you to all the workers who didn't get to stay home during last weekend's blizzard. Thank you for plowing our streets throughout the night, while the rest of us slept. Thank you for fixing electrical lines so we could have heat and power. Thank you to those who kept our hospitals, fire, and police stations running so someone is there when help is needed. Thank you to the sanitation workers who still came, despite everything Mother Nature did to make your hard job even harder.

02/26/2026

🚨This Friday 2/27! Register to attend a FREE 1-day Rutgers School of Public Health virtual course, Managing Existing and Emerging Hazardous Energy Threats in the Workplace.

👷This training is intended for anyone involved in the operation, maintenance, and repair of machinery, including workers, supervisors, and safety managers in manufacturing and smart factories, warehousing and logistics, construction and general facility management.

🔗Learn more and register at go.rutgers.edu/HAZENERGY

02/25/2026

📣 Please join us next Tuesday for our next Public Health Webinar, HPV and Cancer Prevention: Science, Impact, and Survivor Experience.

🎤We're happy to have the Chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Capital Health, Joyce Varughese, MD, FACOG, FACS presenting on the science behind Human Papillomavirus prevention and vaccines as well as discuss the various cancers caused by HPV.

🔗Register at go.rutgers.edu/HPVwebinar

02/23/2026

❄️This is perfect weather to join a webinar! Grab a cup of tea and join us at 11am for our Leadership Strategies webinar with New Jersey Department of Health's Assistant Commissioner Iris Jones.

📍Join us on Monday for a webinar with New Jersey Department of Health Assistant Commissioner Iris Jones.

📍She'll be discussing leadership approaches that build a thriving and engaged company culture. Learn how this is being built at the NJDOH and can be achieved elsewhere across different industries. Learn more and register at go.rutgers.edu/IrisJones