Dr. Sangeeta Lamba Appointed Vice Chancellor for Engagement and Teaching Excellence

December 12, 2025

Dear Rutgers Health Community,

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sangeeta (Gita) Lamba will lead a newly integrated portfolio that brings together our commitment to build supportive work and learning environments with our commitment to teaching excellence. Dr. Lamba will undertake a leadership role, as the Rutgers Health Vice Chancellor for Engagement and Teaching Excellence, that will have a tremendous impact in shaping the future of teaching, learning, and engagement across our campus. Her position addresses key recommendations that emerged from our Fall 2024 Chancellor’s leadership retreat, which focused on education, and aligns with several goals within the 2022-2027 OneRBHS Strategic Plan.

Dr. Lamba will continue to provide leadership and strategic direction to strengthen engagement and support for our campus community, including faculty, staff, and learners. Responsible for innovative and successful initiatives like the Advance-Engage-Mentor program for early career faculty support and the Staff Mentoring Program, as well as several annual events to promote connection and networking, Dr. Lamba will continue to work with faculty, learners, and staff leaders across our academic units to foster a campus culture where all feel valued, respected, and supported.

Dr. Lamba is also working closely with faculty and staff leaders in the learning environments across our academic units and clinical partner sites to establish a HEALS Academy (Health-Profession Educators Advancing Learning and Scholarship). The HEALS Academy will support and celebrate health professions/sciences educators, scholars, and learner-supporting staff by fostering teaching innovation, educational scholarship, and professional development. 

Dr. Lamba brings strong expertise in health professions education and in leading strategic initiatives in engagement. She received a Master of Science in Health Professions Education from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions, and she has held several educational leadership roles, including Associate Dean of Education at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2012-2019). She has an outstanding track record of working with peers across Rutgers Health, Rutgers University, and nationally, on collaborative projects to support educators and advance innovation in education.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lamba and supporting her expanded role that furthers our commitment to building supportive work and learning environments as well as the many forms of engagement that define our public mission in teaching, research, career building support, and service.

Sincerely,

Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH
Chancellor

M. Bishr Omary, MD, PHD
Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research