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1. Sen. Codey calls for closing of Newark boarding home after mentally-ill resident attacked
(N.J./State)

... facilities. “An individual that entrusted the operators of this facility with her protection now lays in critical condition at UMDNJ," Codey (D-Essex) said. “I am calling on the state to remove and relocate ...

2. SGU to NJ
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It's about time NJ starts making progress in regards to creating and bringing more physicians to the state. UMDNJ itself is not adequately equipped to combat the shortage of physicians being experienced ...

3. UMDNJ and Grenada medical school move to head off physician shortage projected for N.J.
(Health/Healthquest)

... University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, announced Tuesday that they are negotiating a partnership agreement under which UMDNJ would collaborate in the education and training of St. George’s ...

4. Opinions split on possible UMDNJ, Rutgers merger
(Health/Healthquest)

... New Jersey, doesn’t see any advantages in the merger for his school. Owen told NJ.com that UMDNJ’s finances would be adversely affected if it loses RWJ medical school to Rutgers, saying over 20 percent ...

5. Tuberculosis declining in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

...  If needed, complex TB cases may be referred to one of five regional specialty clinics at UMDNJ — University Hospital, the Hudson County Health Department, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Somerset Medical ...

6. State police
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... departments, plus Sheriffs dept, plus county, plus park, plus Rutgers, plus UMDNJ, plus UMDNJ, plus Kean, plus transit. Lou Greenwald is a spineless assemblyman who has done nothing productive in NJ ecept ...

7. Former UMDNJ official Francis X. Watts sentenced for accepting bribes
(N.J./State)

... Oxford, the former director of the UMDNJ physical plant, was sentenced to three years by Superior Court Judge Thomas V. Manahan in Morristown, Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor said. Watts ...

8. Sen. Weinberg wants to know why Christie administration hired former corruption trial witness
(N.J./State)

Ex-UMDNJ official John Crosbie was hired a year after testifying against Sen. Bryant BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In 2008, John W. Crosbie was given prosecutorial immunity by then-New ...

9. Andres Santana of Newark given probation for stealing cell phones, laptops from UMDNJ
(N.J./State)

...  Andres Santana, 35, of Newark, was sentenced to one year of probation by state Superior Court Judge Michael A. Petrolle in Newark. He also was ordered to pay restitution of $19,402 to UMDNJ for the stolen ...

10. Autism cause dismissed by report
(Health/Healthquest)

... children conceived less than a year after the birth of their older siblings, 1,188 had an autism diagnosis — a higher rate, but still less than 1 percent. According to umdnj.edu, a study by the Centers ...

11. Reuniting Rutgers with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School would create an academic powerhouse
(Opinion/Commentary)

... now the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The medical school was renamed after Robert Wood Johnson in 1986. Since then, political pressure has squelched efforts to reorganize ...

12. Yes!
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RWJMS provides one of the best medical educations in the country and is without a doubt being held back by the perception of UMDNJ as a bankrupt, bureaucratic mess of an organization. Its unfortunate and ...

13. New Jersey Medical School
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I would beg to differ that RWJMS is being dragged down by being a part of UMDNJ. Are you claiming that schools such as New Jersey Medical School are less reputable??? ...

14. Do it!
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As the previous post said, it's about time! Robert Wood Johnson Med School is ac crown jewel of the UMDNJ system and it's being dragged down by being part of it. It's already one of nation's best medical ...

15. Christie task force recommends merger of Rutgers-UMDNJ
(N.J./State)

... turned from good to great," Christie told reporters. Christie said he intends to create another task force to take an in-depth review of a possible Rutgers-UMDNJ merger and how medical education might ...

16. Christie, former Gov. Kean to detail task force report on New Jersey higher education
(N.J./State)

Study includes possible restructuring of UMDNJ, Rutgers, NJIT Gov. Chris Christie Tuesday will reveal the findings of a task force he created to examine the state's higher education system. The governor ...

17. Proposal to create Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ approved by Assembly panel
(Health/Healthquest)

Part of effort to promote dental care among children The proposal would establish the New Jersey Center for Oral Health at the New Jersey Dental School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of ...

18. Bolstering shared public services to keep property taxes down highlight of Monday Assembly agendas
(N.J./State)

... establish the New Jersey Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ Dental School. – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

19. Former UMDNJ administrator Frank Watts pleads guilty
(N.J./State)

... to whom he steered numerous university contracts. The contractor pleaded guilty in October. Frank X. Watts, 59, of Oxford, the former director of the physical plant at UMDNJ, pleaded guilty to second-degree ...

20. Gov. Christie names his appointees to Mental Health Facilities Evaluation Task Force
(Health/Healthquest)

... Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at UMDNJ; Karen Kubert, director, Warren County Department of Human Services; Judith A. Lucas, research assistant professor at the Institute for Health, Health ...