Call for Papers: Inaugural Issue Now Accepting Submissions

New Jersey Journal of Public Health is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication dedicated to scholarship and practice relevant to public health in New Jersey. The journal welcomes contributions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students whose work advances the state’s public health infrastructure and population health. 

Editor-in-Chief

Katie Pincura, DrPH

Rutgers University

Associate Editors 

Stanley H. Weiss, MD

Senior Associate Editor for Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Professor, Department of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health

Peter N. Tabbot, MPH

Associate Editor for Public Health Practice

Health Officer, Rockaway Township Division of Health

Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University

Irina Grafova, PhD

Associate Editor for Quantitative Methods

Associate Professor, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Derek DeLia, PhD 

Associate Editor of Health Policy

Associate Professor, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Editorial Board

Brook Alemu, PhD

Associate Professor, Western Carolina University

Samantha Bunsa

Lecturer, Rutgers University

Aakanksha Deoli, MHA

Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

Zachary M. Ehrlich, DrPH, MPH, REHS 

Gwyneth M. Eliasson, JD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Public Health

Anita Franzione, DrPH

Teaching Professor, Rutgers University

Lisa A. Harrison Gulla, DrPH, MAE, HO, REHS

Lecturer, Rutgers University

Michael F Lakat, MS

NJ Department of Health (Retired)

Monica Lallo, EdD

Senior Vice President, Acenda Integrated Health

Sreelekha Prakash, MD

Assistant Professor of Health Science, Stockton University

Aimee Puluso

Lecturer, Rutgers University

Paul David Roman

Vice Chair, New Jersey Public Health Council

Manan Shah, MBA

Lecturer, Rutgers University

Uta Steinhauser, MPH

Rutgers University

Evaluator

Naa-Solo Tettey, EdD

Associate Professor of Public Health, William Paterson University

Nicole Vaughn, PhD

Associate Professor, Rowan University

Danielle Walters, MPH

President, 35th Street Consulting, LLC

The inaugural issue of New Jersey Journal of Public Health will be published in Fall 2026.

The journal will be published annually in its inaugural year and semiannually thereafter.