One of the First Graduates of the Physician Assistant Program Gives Back with Estate Gift His mother was a pioneer for her time – a captain in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II who learned to fly her own plane, and later, earned a master’s degree in social work while caring [...]
For Two Best Friends, A Dream Comes True They grew up best friends in a small, rural Virginia town with the same big dream – to play in the Super Bowl. One went on to a powerhouse football university and into the NFL. The other ended up at a smaller school and [...]
Workforce Development Team Aids in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Their task, as part of a multi-million federal grant initiative, was to establish workforce development training to accelerate a quality clinical trial process and translate research into patient care and treatment more quickly. Their work was put to the test sooner than they ever anticipated in the [...]
Her Steady Hand Helped Build A Nationally Renowned Physician Assistant Program Department Chair Jill Reichman Retiring after Nearly Four Decades at SHP The stakes couldn’t have been higher. A review committee was visiting the Rutgers School of Health Professions’ Physician Assistant program to ensure it met rigorous accreditation standards. At the time, [...]
Rutgers SHP Alumna Establishes New Scholarship Rutgers School of Health Professions alumna Dr. Laura Matarese, Ph.D Nutrition ’07, has established a scholarship for doctoral students in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences. An accomplished clinician, educator, mentor role model and recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award, Dr. Matarese, Ph.D., [...]
