Class of 2021: Jennifer Carmichael, A.S. in Psychosocial Rehabilitation “I Thought I Could Outsmart Addiction” After Years of Relapse and Recovery, Psych Rehab Student Returns for Degree She was a few months from completing her associate degree in psychosocial rehabilitation at Rutgers School of Health Professions when she was dismissed from her [...]
Class of 2021: Robert Morhauser, M.S. Physician Assistant An Unconventional Journey from English Teacher to Physician Assistant Robert Morhauser would sometimes stand beside a patient’s bed and wonder what he was doing there. For ten years he had been a teacher and now he was in clinical rotations in emergency rooms as [...]
Meet Our 2021 Award Winners We proudly announce our Awards of Excellence winners. Carrie Esopenko, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy In just five years as a SHP faculty member, Dr. Carrie Esopenko has built her laboratory and an impressive research program. Her work is both in sports and intimate [...]
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 [...]
Susan Gould Fogerite, second from from left, with department colleagues Longtime Professor, Researcher and Yoga Expert Susan Gould Fogerite Retiring Known to her students as Dr. GF, Susan Gould Fogerite, PhD, MT(ASCP), CYT has been teaching basic and clinical science in medical and graduate schools for over 30 years, starting at Albany Medical College [...]
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, [...]