Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) is the umbrella organization for the schools and assets acquired by

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

after the July 1, 2013 breakup of the former

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) was a state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It was founded as the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry in 1954, and by the 1980s was both a majo ...

. While its various facilities are spread across several locations statewide, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is considered the university's fourth campus. This division of the university comprises the following schools, centers, institutes, and programs: * Cancer Institute of New Jersey *

Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine The Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) is located on Busch Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey Piscataway () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It ...

* Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute *

Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy (EMSOP) is the pharmacy school of Rutgers University. It was founded in 1892 and merged with Rutgers University in 1927 as the Rutgers College of Pharmacy. In 1971, the school moved to its current location. In 2 ...

* Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences * Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research * Medical Schools **

New Jersey Medical School New Jersey Medical School (NJMS)—also known as Rutgers New Jersey Medical School—is a medical school of Rutgers University, a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It has been part of the Rutgers Division of Biomedical and He ...

** Robert Wood Johnson Medical School *

School of Nursing Nurse education consists of the theoretical and practical training provided to nurses with the purpose to prepare them for their duties as nursing care professionals. This education is provided to student nurses by experienced nurses and other med ...

* School of Dental Medicine *

School of Health Professions The School of Health Professions is a public magnet high school in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is housed in the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center and is part of the Dallas Independent School District. There are several clusters with ...

* School of Public Health *

University Behavioral HealthCare A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

History

RBHS was created in response to the 2012 ''New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act'' that asked that UMDNJ be merged into Rutgers University. Not all UMDNJ units became part of RBHS. Thus the School of Osteopathic Medicine at Stratford became part of Rowan University, and the

University Hospital A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. These hospitals are typically affiliated with a medical school or university. The following i ...

in Newark became a freestanding state-owned institution.

Rutgers Health

In 2016, Rutgers University’s Board of Governors approved the establishment of Rutgers Health as a new health care provider organization that would be the clinical arm of Rutgers University. Rutgers Health coordinates with Rutgers Health Group, a subsidiary nonprofit corporation that functioning as an integrated, interprofessional faculty practice plan with more than 1,000 Rutgers-based physicians, dentists, psychologists, nurses, pharmacists and other clinicians and Rutgers Health Network, a grouping of teaching hospitals, community centers, medical groups, wellness centers and other affiliated entities and partners providing care through their relationship with Rutgers.

References

External links

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
{{Colleges and universities in metropolitan Philadelphia Rutgers University Healthcare in New Jersey 2013 establishments in New Jersey