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Richard G. Marlink, MD:
Building the Rutgers
Gl bal Health
I N S T I T U T E
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hrough this process”—completing an inventory of the university’s resources — “we’ll discover our gems, the strengths that will help us make an impact in global health,” says Richard G. Marlink, MD, professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, inaugural Henry Rutgers Professor of Global Health, and director, Rutgers Global Health Institute. “Then we’ll be able to add educational resources, develop services to improve research, and recruit faculty.”
a globe in your hand and place your finger anywhere on its surface. You have touched a place where people are affected by global health issues. “Global health issues aren’t bounded by borders,” says Richard G. Marlink, MD, professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, inaugural Henry Rutgers Professor of Global Health, and director, Rutgers Global Health Institute. “The challenges in global health are community public health threats that may impact us all.” These issues stem from a wide range of causes, often human-related, including climate change, infectious diseases, or an exported Western Hemisphere lifestyle that has increased the incidence of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
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