- At NJ.com: UMDNJ, Rowan scientists make leaps in medical research.
Medical researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey seem to be on to something. Several things, actually.
From big strides in Alzheimer’s diagnostics to the notion that deadly septic shock could be cleared up with one pill, UMDNJ faculty and students are doing research that carries the potential for important changes in health care.
(read more) - In the Philadelphia Business Journal: Rowan University is ready to move into the big leagues.
Rowan University "plans to use its engineering and business schools in conjunction with its newly created medical school and the school of osteopathic medicine it takes control of in July to become a hub for technology development and transfer."
(read more) - At Philly.com: Genetic action shows results on childhood brain disease Canavan. A team led by SOM's Paola Leone
has been able to slow the course of a rare childhood brain disease by injecting patients with corrective genes, according to a study published Wednesday.
(read more)
Also visit the Cell & Gene Therapy Center web site. - In the Courier-Post Online: Jazz singer Melody Gardot gives back after debilitating accident. Few know more about recovery, beating seemingly insurmountable odds and tapping the power and resiliency of the human spirit than musician, songwriter and international jazz-singing sensation Melody Gardot. The artist recently christened The Chateau Gardot Music Therapy Program at SOM's NeuroMusculoskeletal Institute. (read more )
Also see the Music Medicine web site
On July 1 the School of Osteopathic Medicine will become part of Rowan University.
We will be known as Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, or, informally, RowanSOM.
For information and Frequently Asked Questions about the integration into Rowan see the RowanSOM integration web Site.
We're going to Rowan!
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,
Add the image below to your email signature to help announce our transition to Rowan University. Use the following steps:- Right click the image below this message and press "copy image"
- Compose a new email
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SOM Ranked Among Nation’s Best for Geriatric Medical Education
The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the country’s top medical schools in America ranks the School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM) as one of the nation’s best for geriatric medical education. This marks the 12th time that SOM has been selected to be among the nation’s leaders in this medical specialty. Other schools cited this year for excellence in geriatric medical education include Johns Hopkins University, Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and UCLA.-
Rowan University Achieves Two Milestones Toward SOM and Stratford Graduate Program Integration
First, Rowan’s complex substantive change application was approved by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a critical step toward safeguarding SOM’s accreditation at this time of transition. Second, Rowan’s submission to the New Jersey Department of Higher Education for capital funding under the Building our Future Bond Act and related sources of support included a project important to the Stratford campus that has been in planning for many years.
Read the Dean's letter.
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SOM Name Adopted by Rowan University Board of Trustees
The decision to call the school Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, or RowanSOM informally and in secondary references, firmly incorporates SOM into Rowan and takes advantage of Rowan's regional and growing national reputation.
Read the Dean's letter.
University Doctors' Events
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Get an A+ in Aging
The 20th Annual Senior Health & Fitness Day
- Heatlh Screenings
- Demonstrations
- Exhibitions
- Lunch
- Giveaways
- Awards
11 am - 1:30 pm
Registration at 9:30 am -
Get an A+ in Aging Lecture: What to do when you are forgetting
Robert Nagale, PhD, NJISA and Danielle DiGregorio, PsyD, NJISA
A discussion about memory loss and the aging brain from both research and clinical perspectives.
Tuesday, June 4
10 - 11 am -
Continuing Education at UMDNJ SOM
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Earn CME Credits from the comfort of your own home by attending this program online: 360o Feedback: Calibrating Pain and Addiction Management on Saturday, May 18, 2013!
