Integration Update: September 2024

September 24, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

We are thrilled with the strong response we've had from our medical school communities so far in our Integration Task Forces and would like to thank all faculty, staff, and learners for your engagement in this process.

As we enter the fall, we are looking to expand this work and are actively seeking participation to join in our newest Integration Task Forces. As before, the Integration Task Forces are organized around cross-cutting areas of importance. Initially, those task forces focused on research, clinical, and graduate school missions; communications and IT; community engagement; and staff, faculty, and student experience. Beginning this month, the new task forces will focus on:

• Global Health
• Faculty Promotion Improvement
• Faculty Recruitment
• Medical Student Research
• Clinical/Health Services Research
• Communications
• Graduate Medical Education
• Alumni

This is a new opportunity to contribute your viewpoint and talents toward building the best possible medical school community for Rutgers School of Medicine. Sign up to nominate yourself or someone else to join a task force. Deadline for signups is Oct. 10. As with the initial task forces, all individuals nominated will be placed on an appropriate task force, keeping the groups balanced for school representation. Leadership will select the Task Force Co-Leaders from the list of nominations.

We will continue to provide regular updates through our websites, town hall meetings, and other channels. There also will continue to be opportunities to provide feedback through our website, Our Future: Rutgers School of Medicine.

Thank you for sharing your strengths and your insights in this next phase of our integration.

Sincerely,

Amy P. Murtha, MD
Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Robert L. Johnson, MD, FAAP
Dean, New Jersey Medical School