Carrie Coffield, PhD, Contributes to News Article on Training on I/DD for Future Healthcare Professionals

Monday, November 24, 2025

Carrie Coffield, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Co-Director of The Boggs Center and Director of NJLEND, contributed to a recent news article on training to improve healthcare for people with disabilities. The article, “How the next generation of NJ doctors is improving care for people with disabilities,” is part of a Hurdles to Health Care Series by northjersey.com. In the article, Dr. Coffield discusses the growing push to incorporate training content on intellectual and developmental disabilities beyond pediatrics and the Center’s efforts to educate future healthcare professionals by infusing real-life encounters into medical school curriculum. Read the article