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Community Design for Health and Wellness

Through Community Design for Health and Wellness, the CDHW-IRG seeks to catalyze community-engaged, interdisciplinary, cross-campus research that creates solutions to the gaps, risks, and opportunities for health and wellness that lie at the intersections of population health, personalized medicine, and the evolving communication and information context in New Jersey and beyond.

Projects supported include individual investigator and collaborative-type projects. While each will have individual goals and focus areas, the CDHW-IRG seeks to develop a portfolio of projects that, when taken together, offer a more comprehensive engagement in creating solutions and generating knowledge.

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Mark Aakhus

Mark Aakhus

Interim Dean and Professor of Communication

Phone848-932-7168

Emailaakhus@rutgers.edu

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Sarah Allred

Sarah Allred

Professor of Psychology, Health Science, and Prevention Science

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Kaitlin L. Costello

Kaitlin L. Costello

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Phone848-932-7153

Emailk.costello@rutgers.edu

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Sunyoung Kim

Sunyoung Kim

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Phone848-932-7585

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Alex Lu

Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science

Emailajh.lu@rutgers.edu

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Charles Seneio

Charles Senteio

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Phone848-932-7586

Emailcharles.senteio@rutgers.edu

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