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Helmut Zarbl Discusses the Impact of Daylight Saving Time on the Body

Helmut Zarbl, director of the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department at Rutgers School of Public Health, is an expert in circadian rhythm and its influence on sleep-wake cycles, hormone release, eating habits and more. We asked him to explain how daylight savings time affects us.…
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November 2, 2018 0

Rutgers/CEED Environmental Health Summit – October 26, 2018 – Newark, NJ – Public Health and Our Ports: The Road to Clean Air

Still time to REGISTER! View/Download Agenda Participants who complete this educational program will be awarded 6.5 New Jersey Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Rutgers-SPH has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Make time for parking! Visit Newark Campus…
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October 23, 2018 0

EOHSI featured in The Daily Targum: Treatment to thousands of 9/11 first responders diagnosed with cancer and other illnesses

At Rutgers, the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, located on Busch campus, is working to help treat thousands of these people. Iris Udasin, principal investigator of the center and a professor at the Environmental Occupational Health Sciences Institute, said that the program sees approximately 1,400 to 1,500 people every year. Read Complete…
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September 12, 2018 0