New Jersey Dental School teamed up with the New Jersey Dental Association, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, and the New Jersey Oral Cancer Work Group for the first Oral Health Screening Day at the State House in Trenton on June 12. A total of 90 people took advantage of the free screenings, from security officers and administrative assistants, to lobbyists and state senators, to visitors who were in Trenton for the day.

Pictured at right: State Senator Anthony Bucco (R-Dist 25) and Dr. Arnold Rosenheck, New Jersey Dental School, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and associate dean for hospital affairs and institutional development.

The UMDNJ-School of Nursing established two new graduate programs with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. A third program, providing nurse practitioner education in adult and gerontological health, received funding to support its continued growth. The grants total nearly $2.7 million in aid over a three-year period beginning July 1.

The new academic programs, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Program in Advanced Community Health Nursing Leadership and an MSN in Nursing Education, will begin in September. The third, a dual-track Adult Health/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner MSN program, is offered in collaboration with leading academic and clinical affiliates including the Institute for Successful Aging at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine.

In recognition of its efforts to create a positive work environment that fosters employee health and well being, the Broadway House for Continuing Care received the 2008 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award by the New Jersey Psychological Association.

Broadway House is New Jersey’s only special care facility for people living with HIV/AIDS.