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Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH
Co-Director of Research
Assistant Professor
One Robert Wood Johnson PlaceNew Brunswick, NJ 08901
Tel: 732-235-7872
sara.heinert@rutgers.edu
Education
PhD, University of Illinois at ChicagoMPH, University of Michigan
BA in Psychology and BA in Statistics, University of Rochester
Academic Interests
Social Emergency MedicineHealth Disparities
Youth as Health Advocates
Hypertension and Diabetes
Cancer Screening and Prevention
Publications
Current Grant Funding
New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) KL2 Award, "A Youth-Led Digital Education Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure for Hypertensive Adults Who Present to the Emergency Department."
New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) CEC Partnership and Innovation Accelerator Pilot (PIAP) Program, "Engaging Youth as Citizen Scientists to Determine Health Needs of New Brunswick Adults."
Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) Center for Cancer Health Equity Mini Pilot Program, "An Assessment of Needs for Cancer Screening Education in a Diverse Emergency Department."
New Jersey Health Foundation, "Implementation of a Student Volunteer Patient Navigator Program to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Adherence within an Emergency Department Setting in Two Safety Net Hospitals."