Office of Research

Who We Are

The school's Office of Research seeks to advance the health and wellbeing and prevent diseases throughout New Jersey, the United States, and the world by supporting the school’s research portfolio.

The office:

  • Facilitates the proposal application, agreement, and award process
  • Communicates and coordinates sources of financial support for research
  • Supports and oversees the performance of compliant research activity
  • Tracks, collects, and translates research data output into metrics for stakeholders
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Research By-the-Numbers

Research supported by the Office of Research improves the health and well being of people and populations in New Jersey, the United States, and the world.

#4

Big Ten ranking in federal FY 2025 NIH funding, placing Rutgers among the conference's leading schools of public health.
Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research

#14

National ranking in federal FY 2025 NIH funding among 70 schools of public health.
Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research

$34.3M+

Total research funding received by Rutgers School of Public Health faculty, staff, and students in FY 2025, advancing discoveries that improve health and well-being for all people and populations. 
 

Team

For general Office of Research inquires, contact research@sph.rutgers.edu.

Wendy Davis

Program Director, Research Development and Training

Amanda D. Allen

Pre-Awards Manager

Morgan Pesanelli, MPH

Research Analyst

Luz Bolivar

Grant Coordinator