Sandra L. Kaplan Named 2026 SHP Gonfalonier As Rutgers School of Health Professions prepares for Convocation and Rutgers University Commencement, we are proud to announce Sandra L. Kaplan, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, as the 2026 Gonfalonier.Each year, the Gonfalonier leads the faculty procession at Convocation and University Commencement. The honor recognizes a faculty member [...]
Matthew A. McQuillan Appointed to National Accreditation Leadership Role Matthew A. McQuillan, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, chair and program director of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Practice, has been appointed to serve on Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)’s Post-Professional PA Doctorate Subcommission. His three-year term runs through [...]
Virtual Hospital, Real-World Impact: How Faculty Are Reimagining Health Education Thanks to an off-the-cuff remark, a highly specialized teaching tool has blossomed into a comprehensive and vibrant health care system.Rebecca Brody, professor and Jason Stevens, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventative Nutrition Sciences at Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) [...]
Shristi Rawal Awarded NIH Grant to Continue Work on Remote Monitoring for High-Risk Pregnancies Shristi Rawal, associate professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), building on two prior NIH-funded projects focused on developing and evaluating digital [...]
Fast Enough to Matter What We Learned Building a Strategic Plan in Five Months By Karen Shapiro, Jeffery DiGiovanni, Alma Merians, Yuane Jia, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, and Ralph A. Gigliotti Let's be honest about something: most strategic planning processes are exhausting. They take years. They rely on the same small group of people [...]
Rewriting the Future of Rehabilitation Gamified, Brain-Smart Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy For many children with cerebral palsy (CP), therapy is both essential and exhausting.They practice the same hand movements and repeat words and sentences over and over. Sessions are often scheduled in different clinics for different problems: speech in one place, arm [...]