Rutgers Health is the umbrella group for
Rutgers University
Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...
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medical schools
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, ...
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medical research
Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as health research, refers to the process of using scientific methods with the aim to produce knowledge about human diseases, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion of ...
and
clinical healthcare units.
It was established in 2013 as Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences after parts of the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey were merged into Rutgers. It was renamed Rutgers Health in 2023. While its various facilities are spread across several locations statewide, Rutgers Health is considered the university's fourth campus.
Medical Schools
Rutgers Health contains seven medical schools:
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New Jersey Medical School
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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is a medical school of Rutgers University. It is one of the two graduate medical schools of Rutgers Health, together with New Jersey Medical School, and is closely aligned with Robert Wood Johnson University ...
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Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
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Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
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Rutgers School of Nursing
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Rutgers School of Health Professions
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Rutgers School of Public Health
In addition to the medical schools, the
Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers graduate work in research to the PhD level. Other research institutions include the
Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the
Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research among others.
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.
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