Center for Public Health Workforce Development
Public Health Nursing Summit
The 16th Annual Public Health Nursing Summit was held virtually on September 21, 2022 and had 135 participants. Patricia Woods, RN, MSN from the NJ Department of Health TB Program offered statewide Tuberculosis (TB) updates; Ditty Mae Jankauskas, RN, MSN, CRNP, Director of Public Health Nursing, Gloucester County Health Department, shared some challenges she faced working at large-scale COVID vaccination clinics. Sandy Cameron, BSN, MSN, Supervisor PHN, Passaic County Health Department, discussed challenges and success es working at Community Adult-Based COVID-19 clinics. Scott Carter, RN, BSN, MAS Chief, Administrative Services, Ocean County Health Department, shared challenges and success working at Youth based-clinics, and Cathy Jo Soden, DNP, APN-C, RN, Mercer County Division of Health, shared her challenges at Infant-focused efforts; Agatha Reidy, MSN, RN, MSHA, BC-NE Patient Care Administrator / DOH Virtua Health Promotion Services discussed home vaccination efforts. Lastly, MaryBeth Ali, MSW, LCSW, C-ASWCM- Rutgers University School of Social Work, shared guided meditation and stress management strategies. The 28th Annual Public Health Symposium, Environmental Justice: Confronting Environmental Disparities through a National and Local Lens , took place in-person at Rutgers University on April 3, 2023. 213 people attended the event. The speakers were Nicky Sheats, Ph.D., MPP, Esq.; Director, Center for the Urban Environment, Johns S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research, Kean University; Kandyce Perry, Director, Office of Environmental Justice, Department of Environmental Protection and Melissa Miles, MA, Executive Director, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance This event coincided with National Public Health Week, and audience members included leaders from academia, community organizations, and local and state governmental public health organizations.
Public Health Symposium
New Jersey Immunization Conference
The 2023 New Jersey Immunization Conference, RISE Together: Advancing Childhood Immunization Rates through Collaboration was organized jointly with The New Jersey Department of Health, Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, and held virtually in a two-part format on June 6 and June 21, 2023. 462 people participated in the conference. Part 1 focused on the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, and Part 2 focused on innovative strategies and solutions for reaching local vaccination goals.
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