Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Progress Report: Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, Inaugural Chancellor B rian L. Strom, MD, MPH, began as the Institute of Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging. In addition, national searches were launched recently to fill three dean positions, for Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the School of Health Related Professions, and the School of Public Health. Each school is in the process of selecting faculty members for the search committees. Further, searches are under way to fill multiple department chair positions within Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Finally, Dr. Strom has established a chancellor scholarship fund to support the RBHS-wide recruitment of outstanding medical students and faculty. Two incoming Robert Wood Johnson Medical School students have received scholarships as Chancellor Scholars. Two faculty members also will be Chancellor Scholars; one is to receive a Robert Wood Johnson Medical School appointment. Manuel Jimenez, MD ’06, MSHP, will be a tenure-track assistant professor of pediatrics with a secondary appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Dr. Jimenez will focus on developmental behavioral pediatrics. the inaugural chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) on December 1, 2013. This followed the integration of the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and, thus, the creation of RBHS on July 1, 2013. RBHS includes former UMDNJ schools and units and some units from Rutgers. Dr. Strom announced in December 2013 the launch of the RBHS strategic planning process, designed to enable RBHS to achieve excellence and integration across all health professions, schools, and units. The five-year plan will translate universitywide priorities into the unique context for RBHS, define its aspirations and goals, specify initiatives that the division will pursue, lay out a funding strategy for these initiatives, and identify metrics to measure the success of the initiatives. Searches have been initiated to fill multiple leadership positions within RBHS schools and institutes. Finalists are being interviewed for the director of JOHN EMERSON Robert Wood Johnson I MEDICINE 5