August 9, 2021

National Immunization Awareness Month National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance held in August to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. Learn More

National Health Center Week August 8-14 is National Health Center Week for 2021. And this year's theme is “The Chemistry for Strong Communities.”  Learn More

The Delta Variant is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal There are almost as many reasons for vaccine hesitancy and refusal as there are unvaccinated Americans. But this problem, not the variant, lies at the root of rising infection rates. Learn More

Upcoming Events

The Future of Nursing Webinar Series August 11, 2pm ET The National Academy of Medicine presents a webinar series that will explore the blueprint for the next decade of nursing as outlined in the consensus report titled Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, released in May 2021. The series will expand on addressing the roots of racial inequity and strategies nurses can employ to improve health outcomes, lifting barriers to expand nurses’ scope of practice, addressing nurses’ well-being, and diversifying the nursing workforces to address health equity.

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Responding to the Environmental Health Concerns of Communities: Primer for Researchers August 12, 3pm ET This session will provide researchers and trainees with the do’s and don’ts of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and highlight successful research initiatives with communities across the globe, nation, and within NJ.

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SAVE THE DATE September 30 & October 1 Join Hugs for Brady in our inaugural Over The Edge Event at the Hilton Meadowlands and rappel 256 feet for a cure! Hugs for Brady has raised over $5 MILLION to support children battling cancer.

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Funding Opportunities

Gilead-HIV The program is designed to support basic and clinical research in the field of HIV, in North America and globally. Areas of research may include, but are not limited to: Basic, translational, clinical, behavioral and epidemiological research; Management of complications, comorbidities and/or co-infections; Prevention; Health economics outcomes research. The program provides financial support to the institutions of 4 junior faculty researchers for a 2-year period. Deadline is August 30, 2021. Learn more here.

Community Resources

Student Develops App to Reduce Maternal Mortality Rates: New Brunswick Honors College student, Zoe Reich sets out to make a difference. Read more here. New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub: The State of New Jersey has put together a list of resources about the COVID-19 virus including testing sites, signs and symptoms, and FAQs about social services.  You can find community-based and local COVID-19 testing site locations and hours here. Middlesex County residents can register for a free COVID-19 test at sites throughout the county. Appointments required. The sites provide saliva-based test kits developed at Rutgers University. Visit New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccine Registration site to pre-register for the vaccine. New Jersey's Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment Call Center can be reached at 855-568-0545.

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