Academically aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick
and collaborating with units across the university, Rutgers Biomedical and
Health Sciences comprises schools and their attendant practices, clinics,
centers, and institutes. The schools offer programs to nearly 7,000 students at
locations throughout the state, including New Brunswick, Newark, Piscataway,
Stratford, Scotch Plains, and Blackwood, and, together with select health
sciences centers and institutes, create tremendous opportunities for research
and collaboration. Ernest Mario School
of Pharmacy
Joseph A. Barone, Pharm.D., Dean
First organized in 1892 and incorporated into the state
university in 1927, the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy offers a six-year
professional program leading to the doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree and a
graduate program offering a post-bachelor of science (B.S.) Pharm.D. degree
(both traditional two-year and nontraditional). Other graduate programs leading
to advanced degrees are available through the School of Graduate Studies. In
addition, the school sponsors a continuing education program for the benefit of
practicing pharmacists throughout the state.
New Jersey Medical
School
Robert L. Johnson, M.D., Dean
The oldest school of medicine in New Jersey, New Jersey
Medical School in Newark offers the doctor of medicine (M.D.) in addition to
continuing education. It encompasses 22 basic science and clinical departments
and hosts centers and institutes, including the Public Health Research
Institute, the Global Tuberculosis Center, and the Neurological Institute of
New Jersey. Students and patients benefit from the school's extensive clinical
practices, including direct patient care delivered by the physicians of the New
Jersey Medical School Faculty Practice.
Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
Robert L. Johnson, M.D., Interim Dean
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick offers
the doctor of medicine (M.D.) in addition to continuing education. The school
encompasses 20 basic science and clinical departments and its extensive
clinical and community practices offer direct care to patients and learning
opportunities for students. Among its primary patient care units are the Robert
Wood Johnson Medical Group and the Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a
family-oriented community health center.
Rutgers School of
Dental Medicine
Cecile A. Feldman, D.M.D., Dean
Offering pre- and postdoctoral dental education, the Rutgers
School of Dental Medicine is the only school of dentistry in New Jersey and is
the largest center of dental research in the state. A sampling of programs
offered includes the doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.); fellowships in
geriatric dentistry, orofacial pain, and oral and maxillofacial radiology;
master of science (M.S.) in dentistry and master of dental science (M.D.Sc.);
doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in oral biology; and programs from endodontics to
pediatric dentistry.
School of Graduate
Studies
Jerome J. Kukor, Ph.D., Dean
Kathleen W. Scotto, Ph.D., Vice Dean
As of July 1, 2017, the Graduate School-New Brunswick and
the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences merged to become the School of
Graduate Studies, which provides personalized academic support for
approximately 5,200 Rutgers students enrolled in more than 150 doctoral,
master's, and dual-degree programs across New Brunswick, Piscataway, and
Newark. The School of Graduate Studies is a unit of both Rutgers Biomedical and
Health Sciences and Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
School of Health
Professions
Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D., Dean
The school has approximately three dozen programs ranging
from post-high school to postdoctoral at locations in Blackwood, Newark, New Brunswick,
and Scotch Plains. Programs include undergraduate certificates, associate
degrees, and bachelor's and master's programs in fields as diverse as medical
imaging, psychosocial rehabilitation, and physician assistant. Doctor of
philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees are offered in psychiatric rehabilitation,
biomedical informatics, and health sciences, while professional and advanced
practice degrees include physical therapy, clinical nutrition, and clinical
laboratory services.
School of Nursing
William L. Holzemer, Ph.D., Dean
With classes in both Newark and New Brunswick, the School of
Nursing offers baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees and certificates,
including a bachelor of science (B.S.) in nursing, accelerated B.S.N., R.N. to
B.S. program, a master of science (M.S.) in nursing leadership, doctor of
nursing practice (D.N.P.), and a Ph.D. program in nursing awarded by the
Graduate School-Newark.
School of Public Health
Perry N. Halkitis, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H., Dean
This school offers the master of public health (M.P.H.);
master of science (M.S.) in biostatistics; master of science (M.S.) in health
outcomes, policy, and economics; and the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in public
health degrees, as well as dual degrees and postbaccalaureate certificates.
Programs are offered in Newark and New Brunswick through 10 concentrations:
biostatistics; environmental health sciences; epidemiology; global public
health; health outcomes, policy, and economics; health systems and policy;
occupational safety and health; public health nutrition; social and behavioral
health sciences; and urban public health.
Divisions of the University 
