NIH fellowship

Medical Student Wins Fellowship to Train with Physical Therapy Researcher A prestigious National Institutes of Health fellowship was awarded to a Rutgers medical student and Ph.D. candidate who is working with Professor Judith Deutsch, PT, Ph.D., director of the Rivers Lab at the School of Health Professions in Newark. John Palmieri is [...]

2021-05-07T09:31:03-04:00April 30, 2021|

Alumni donor gives back

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 [...]

2021-04-02T12:05:52-04:00April 2, 2021|

PA Student at Super Bowl

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 [...]

2021-03-01T13:35:51-05:00February 25, 2021|

NJACTS speeds COVID-19 Trial

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 [...]

2021-03-04T08:32:40-05:00January 28, 2021|

Retirements 2020

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 [...]

2020-12-07T12:46:55-05:00December 5, 2020|

Jill Reichman Retires

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, [...]

2021-01-28T10:16:35-05:00December 4, 2020|