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The Future of Health Care

Starts Here.

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Community Impact Report

SHP is critical to the future of health care and Rutgers Health—and we are delivering. Explore our inaugural Community Impact Report 2024-2025.

Elijah Caposo, ’27

Cage Gordine, ’26

Kiana (Kage) Gourdine, MS 2024, CCC-SLP

Melissa Quintana Blanco, ’26

Melissa Quintana Blanco

Manisha Hevi, ’25

Your Career in Health Professions STARTS HERE.

You want to make a difference in health care—and we’ll help you get there. Through hands-on training and real-world clinical experiences, you’ll gain the skills to succeed in fields like Nutrition and Dietetics, Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling, Physician Assistant, Health Informatics, Clinical and Medical Imaging Lab Sciences, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology. With every step, you’ll be preparing to deliver exceptional, patient-focused care and build a rewarding career.

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Physical Therapy program in New Jersey

#3

Physician Assistant program in the country

42%

of students are fully online and hybrid learners

57%

of students are underrepresented minorities

NEWS

7October 2026

When the Rutgers School of Health Professions’ Physician Assistant Program suddenly lost nearly 40% of its clinical rotation capacity, Megan McGrane, PA alumna, preceptor, and longtime program advocate, stepped up.

As director of education and engagement for advanced practice providers in emergency and hospitalist medicine at RWJBarnabas Health, she quickly secured clinical rotation capacity across […]

7October 2026

Two faculty members in the School of Health Professions’ Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences were recognized with 2026 Chancellor’s Awards for their contributions to research and mentoring.

Nominated by their peers, Shristi Rawal, associate professor, received an Excellence in Clinical or Health Sciences Research, while Laura Byham-Gray, professor and vice-chair of […]

6October 2026

Rutgers Trailblazer Continues to Shape the Future of Laboratory Medicine and Patient Care

An infant with a brain bleed arrived in the emergency room, and the physician on call faced a concerning question: Could the injury have been caused by abuse?

He didn’t think so. The parents’ behavior and presentation did not raise red flats. He […]

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