GLASSBORO, N.J., Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtua Health and Rowan University announced today the signing of an affiliation agreement to create a new academic health system and to further distinguish South Jersey as a regional hub for innovation, research, and clinical discovery.

This partnership between the top 100 public research university and the largest health system in southern New Jersey will create the Virtua Health College of Medicine & Health Sciences of Rowan University. The new college will encompass the state's only osteopathic medical school; an expanded nursing and allied health professions school; a new school of translational biomedical engineering and sciences; multiple new research institutes; and aligned clinical practices to improve patient care and train the workforce of the future.

Virtua Health is making a philanthropic investment of $85 million to Rowan University to support a new partnership.
Virtua Health is making a philanthropic investment of $85 million to Rowan University to create an endowment that will help support the partnership—fueling investments in faculty, educational programs, and the construction of a state-of-the-art research facility.

The two organizations share an overarching commitment to improving the health of New Jersey residents and creating a series of meaningful opportunities to:

educate and train the state's next generation of physicians, nurses and allied health professionals;
innovate by researching, developing and testing new therapies, treatments, and models of care; and
increase health equity by meeting the needs of the underserved in the region.
"The best health systems in the nation partner with great research institutions," said Rowan University President Ali A. Houshmand. "Virtua Health is one of the leading health care providers in the state. To have earned Virtua's confidence and to be the partner they choose to invest in is tremendous. We're proud to share Virtua's values and vision and to see a future where we can make a difference together. This landmark gift and our partnership will transform both institutions."

"There has never been a more defining moment for our two respected organizations to come together to transform and reimagine the future of health care and the health care workforce than right now," said Dennis W. Pullin, FACHE, president and CEO of Virtua Health. "This affiliation will further strengthen our relationship with Rowan so that we can innovate around the training of tomorrow's physicians and health professionals and the critical research that will impact the future of health care in this community. I am excited about the purposeful things that we will do together and the lasting, here-for-good impact our efforts will have in New Jersey and beyond."

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