Chancellor, Rutgers Health & Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Chief Academic Offic...

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Chancellor, Rutgers Health & Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, RWJBarnabas Health
Job Category
Staff & Executive - Executive
Department
President's Office
Overview
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, stands among America's highest-ranked, most diverse public research universities. The oldest, largest and top-ranked public University in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, its main locations are in three New Jersey cities (New Brunswick, Newark and Camden). Rutgers University has a prominent academic and clinical health sciences presence that spans across the state, and its footprint is seen around the region. It is an academic, health and research powerhouse and a university of opportunity with over 71,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 530,000 alumni around the world, and over $1 billion annually in research grants and sponsored programs.
Rutgers has a three-fold mission:

• Providing for the instructional needs of New Jersey's residents through its undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs.
• Conducting innovative research that contributes to the medical, environmental, social and cultural wellbeing of the state and the world, as well as aiding the economy and the state's businesses and industries; and
• Performing public service, including the delivery of top-quality clinical care in support of the needs of the residents of the state and its local, county and state governments.

Rutgers HealthRutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (Rutgers Health) leads Rutgers' efforts to be a state, national, and international leader in the biomedical and health sciences and their related professions. Its approach incorporates insights from the laboratory sciences and the clinical, behavioral, public health, and social sciences, as well as complementary non-health disciplines such as business, economics, engineering, law, the arts, and the humanities. By building on its recognized clinical and research excellence, Rutgers Health advances population-based, value-driven health care, engages with local and global communities, strengthens and benefits from its uniquely diverse workforce, and fosters interprofessional collaboration across its schools and institutes. In addition, Rutgers Health deepens its professional ties with state and federal governments and cultivates new public-private partnerships with industries that are vital to New Jersey's economy.
Through Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (Rutgers Health) activities, Rutgers stands as one of America's largest and most comprehensive university-based centers for studying and improving human health and health care. Rutgers takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research to advance human health.
The eight schools of Rutgers Health comprise New Jersey's largest and most influential constellation of academic institutions devoted to the education of the full complement of health care professionals:

• Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS)
• School of Graduate Studies
• School of Nursing
• New Jersey Medical School
• Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
• School of Health Professions
• School of Public Health

These research centers and institutes contribute to Rutgers Health's mission:

• Brain Health Institute
• Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
• Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness
• Center for Tobacco Studies
• Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science
• Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
• Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• University Behavioral Health Care

Education & Training
Rutgers Health provides one of the nation's most comprehensive academic health education environments, offering a full continuum of undergraduate, graduate, and professional training across its eight health-related schools. As New Jersey's largest educator of health professionals, Rutgers Health supports interdisciplinary learning across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, public health, and allied health disciplines, strengthened by state-of-the-art simulation centers, extensive clinical training sites, and deep integration with the state's largest academic health system. Each year, Rutgers awards hundreds of advanced degrees across the biomedical and health sciences, preparing leaders equipped to meet the evolving needs of clinical care, scientific discovery, and population health.
A Comprehensive Health Sciences Ecosystem

• 11 top-ranked graduate programs in New Jersey (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2,569 Rutgers Health faculty members across disciplines
• 600 doctoral degrees awarded each year

Rutgers Health's academic programs span traditional and emerging fields, with robust pipelines into clinical practice, research careers, and public health leadership. Its partnership with RWJBarnabas Health supports more than 130 residency and fellowship programs, offering learners broad clinical exposure, advanced interprofessional training, and mentorship from leading faculty across New Jersey's largest academic health system. Rutgers Health's principal teaching hospitals are Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and University Hospital in Newark, both regional hubs for advanced and trauma care. Rutgers Health maintains major clinical affiliations with University Hospital in Newark and the VA New Jersey Health Care System, expanding training, research, and care delivery across diverse patient populations. Together, these partnerships position Rutgers Health as the state's central engine for developing the future workforce in academic medicine, biomedical science, public health, and the health professions.
Rutgers is actively integrating Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical School into a single, unified Rutgers School of Medicine, with anticipated accreditation in 2027. The merger aims to create one accredited medical school with two comparable campuses, leveraging shared strengths in education, research, and clinical care to build a more powerful and nationally competitive institution. More than 400 faculty, staff, and learners are engaged in the integration process, supported by extensive outreach, town halls, and committee work to ensure the new structure reflects the priorities of both communities. This unified model is designed to elevate Rutgers' national standing, enhance recruitment, expand research impact, and strengthen its role as a leading public academic health center.
Research EnterpriseRutgers Health oversees one of the nation's most extensive university-based health research enterprises, driving basic, clinical, population, and translational research across the biomedical and health sciences. As New Jersey's research powerhouse, Rutgers Health supports 525,000 square feet of laboratory space, receives $564.3 million in research and sponsored program awards (2024), and maintains more than 450 clinical trials at any given time, reflecting its deep commitment to advancing scientific discovery and improving population health. Research is conducted across a broad range of disciplines, with more than 250 principal investigators leading work in neuroscience, environmental and occupational health, infectious and inflammatory diseases, translational science, and health services and policy, supported by internationally renowned centers and institutes (see Rutgers Health Centers and Institutesfor more information).
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, anchors the university's oncology research efforts. Its more than 300 members from Rutgers and Princeton conduct matrixed basic, clinical, behavioral, and population-based studies in areas including precision medicine, tumor immunology, cancer metabolism, autophagy, drug resistance, genomics, and cancer prevention, with extensive laboratory-to-clinic translation supported through statewide clinical trials and advanced therapeutic platforms such as immunotherapy and cellular therapies.
The Rutgers Brain Health Institute serves as the university-wide umbrella organization for neuroscience at Rutgers University, encompassing more than 350 research laboratories and approximately 900 trainees across 14 schools and 50 departments. It is among the world's largest and most comprehensive brain research enterprises. The Institute has established five Centers of Research Excellence focused on Alzheimer's disease, addiction, autism, human brain imaging, and computational cognitive neuropsychiatry, with additional centers in pain research and neurotechnology in development. These centers reflect a strong translational mission, advancing innovative approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders, including autism, addiction, pain, aging, Alzheimer's disease, and cognitive disorders such as dementia. Central to its mission, the Institute advances neuroscience and brain health research at Rutgers through the recruitment of highly accomplished, extramurally funded faculty, the training of outstanding trainees, robust support for academic and research activities, and the enhancement of national and international visibility. Collectively, Rutgers neuroscience ranks first in NIH funding among New Jersey universities and eighth among the 18 Big Ten universities.
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) contributes significantly to the university's clinical and scientific mission as New Jersey's most comprehensive provider of behavioral health services and the only behavioral health system embedded within a medical school. UBHC integrates cutting-edge research with clinical care across a broad spectrum of mental health and addiction services, offering acute psychiatric care, inpatient and outpatient programs, crisis screening, and specialized services for children, families, older adults, and military and first-responder populations. This academically driven system advances evidence-based behavioral health science while ensuring accessible, compassionate, multidisciplinary care to communities statewide.
Rutgers Health's research capacity is amplified by its academic integration with RWJBarnabas Health, which established New Jersey's largest academic health system through a first-of-its-kind affiliation launched in 2018. RWJBarnabas Health has committed more than $1 billion in investments to strengthen education and research over 20 years, alongside joint expansion of clinical trials infrastructure, translational research programs, and centers of excellence.
RUTGERS HEALTH CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS
RWJBarnabas HealthRWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH), the leading academic health system in New Jersey, is advancing innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
In 2018, Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health signed a master affiliation agreement to form an integrated academic health system. Through the affiliation, the university has grown its academic health programs' research, education, and clinical missions, all housed within Rutgers Health. Accomplishments to date include:

• The recruitment of approximately 35 of the world's foremost researchers in critical health care disciplines, including oncology and neurosurgery.
• Recruitment of more than 250 clinical faculty at RWJMS and New Jersey Medical School, providing care to patients of all types.
• A significant investment in the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, including a joint project to build a $750 million cancer pavilion in New Brunswick.
• The establishment of a $10 million fund to retain its top medical students and hire them within the shared health system.
• The development of a state-of-the-art clinical trial infrastructure supported COVID-19 vaccine trials by pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and Moderna, among many other critical pandemic studies.

RWJBarnabas Health's partnership with Rutgers University creates the state's most extensive academic healthcare system dedicated to providing high-quality patient care, leading-edge research, and world-class health and medical education, further advancing our mission of providing high-quality healthcare in New Jersey.
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers function through an integrated practice agreement between RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University on behalf of its Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health have taken an essential step toward creating a single, financially sustainable, aligned clinical enterprise. The clinical system includes one of the largest medical groups in the country. It has a unified clinical mission that advances our high-quality standards in its clinical, teaching, and research missions.
University Hospital
University Hospital (UH) in Newark, New Jersey, is an independent, highly recognized healthcare provider serving the region with comprehensive healthcare offerings. UH is the primary teaching hospital for the Newark-based schools of Rutgers Health. The hospital dedicates itself to providing quality care, employing a team of medical professionals who are leaders in their field. UH offers 519 licensed beds and services across various disciplines, including medicine, surgery, orthopedics, and oncology. Its position in a university city allows it to integrate education and research into patient care, promoting innovation and advanced treatments. UH serves as a regional resource for advanced care in a wide range of medical specialties and critical care. The hospital is home to northern New Jersey's Level I Trauma Center, one of only three in the state.
University Hospital takes a comprehensive approach towards healthcare by investing in cutting-edge technology and various specialized departments. The hospital is well-regarded for patient-centered care, demonstrating consistent dedication to improving the health and well-being of the communities it serves. It boasts of advanced facilities and is known for its relentles...