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Company Overview
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive public research universities, and as a land-grant university, Rutgers is committed to teaching, research and outreach. Rutgers’ social sciences, humanities, health professions and life sciences are widely recognized for their excellence. The integration of Rutgers and UMDNJ has provided new opportunities for collaborative socio-medical research and translational medicine across and beyond RBHS. The University is home to nationally recognized professional schools including the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; School of Social Work; School of Public Affairs and Administration; Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, and law schools on the Newark and Camden campuses. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; conducting cutting-edge research that contributes to the social, medical, environmental, and cultural well-being of the state and nation, as well as aiding the economy and the state’s businesses and industries; and performing public service in support of the citizens of the state and solutions for local, national, and global communities. Rutgers’ student body is among the most racially and ethnically diverse in the nation, and the University has a strong and demonstrated commitment to maintaining and increasing diversity within its community of students, faculty, and staff. Rutgers faculty are well represented among the nation’s most prestigious scholarly societies including the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The University is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Big Ten Academic Alliance.
Company History
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Located on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the Institute for Health was founded in 1985 and is a vibrant, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to scholarly collaboration and research that focuses on critical questions related to healthcare services and policy, population health, aging, and health and mental healthcare. Its core and associate members include 82 outstanding faculty who have generated award-winning scholarship that has influenced fields including medical sociology, economics, health psychology, gerontology, history of medicine, nursing, public health, psychiatry, global health, health services, medicine, social work, pharmacy, medical ethics, and health policy. Several research centers exist within the Institute including the Center for State Health Policy; Center for Health Services Research; and Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science. Faculty members have held research and training grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other major funding organizations. The Institute for Health has served as home to six faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Faculty are actively involved in mentoring future scholars at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The Institute is housed in a 57,000 square foot state-of-the-art, custom-built academic and research facility located in the heart of New Brunswick, an ethnically diverse city with easy access to public transportation to New York City and Philadelphia.
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
In July 2013, Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) were integrated into a single consolidated university creating enhanced possibilities for innovative, integrative, interdisciplinary research on socio-behavioral and biomedical health and healthcare. In addition to the Institute, RBHS is comprised of the following schools, centers, and institutes: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey Medical School, School of Dental Medicine, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, Brain Health Institute, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and University Behavioral Health Care. The Institute for Health serves as a central bridge among scholars pursuing health-related social science, humanities, and policy research in the arts and sciences within departments and schools of the greater Rutgers University and with biomedical scientists and practitioners in RBHS units.