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Brian Strom is chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) and the executive vice president for health affairs at Rutgers University. Learn more about Chancellor Strom’s strategic priorities, media coverage, and videos.

NJ Spotlight News: Long-awaited redevelopment of Newark hospital begins

July 8, 2025
Chancellor Strom talks about the official start of the phase one of University Hospital’s redevelopment project in partnership with Rutgers Health.

Business in New Jersey: RWJBH, Rutgers Cancer Institute to grow oncology services at University Hospital in Newark

June 11, 2025
Business in New Jersey reported on the announcement by RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute about the addition of new oncology specialty care and related services at University Hospital in Newark.

Rutgers Today: Study: Veterans Prescribed Opioids With Anti-Anxiety Medication Were at Higher Risk of Death

February 6, 2025
Chancellor Strom leads an investigation of the effects of this combination.

NJBiz: $47.5M federal grant sets stage for important clinical work at Rutgers institute

November 11, 2024
Chancellor Strom and leaders gathered to mark a $47.5 million federal grant awarded to the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science.

ROINJ: ROI Influencers Higher Education 2024: Deans, Directors & Key Officials — Brian Strom

May 15, 2024
ROI cites Chancellor Strom’s work with Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health and his long history of research—he has been the principal investigator or co-PI of 11 different NIH-funded training grants.

Helsinki Times: Scientists outline need for new approach to COVID-19 vaccine testing

April 14, 2022
Chancellor Strom and Rutgers researchers Nir Eyal and Tobias Gerhard call for a change in the process of vaccine development to incorporate both conventional and challenge trials.

NorthJersey.com: As COVID evolves from pandemic to endemic in NJ, how will our lives change?

March 4, 2022
Two years after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New Jersey, Chancellor Strom discusses what the future may hold.

Rutgers Today: Case Study Goes Inside How Rutgers Managed the Pandemic

March 3, 2022
A case study authored by Rutgers top leaders including Chancellor Strom examines the successful response and role of the university related to vaccination and the safety of faculty, staff and students

University Business: How a state university became a national model for COVID-19 response

March 11, 2022
University Business wrote about Rutgers’ successful navigation of the COVID-19 pandemic, quoting Chancellor Strom and Antonio Calcado, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Rutgers.

Jersey Matters: The Delta Variant Prediction Comes True with Dr. Brian Strom

July 31, 2021
Chancellor Strom discusses the rise in Delta variant COVID cases which he predicted a week prior on Jersey Matters.