Rutgers Medical Campus Announces Network of Ombuds

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences has appointed Ombudspersons for its students and house staff and Research Ombudspersons for "faculty and staff as well as students and housestaff on issues related to research." RBHS is the fourth Rutgers "campus" and includes eight schools and other programs acquired from the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, which had its own Ombuds program. The deans of each school appoint their respective Ombuds.

More from the new RBHS Ombuds website:

The ombudsperson maintains a great degree of independence within the School and University hierarchy. The ombudsperson is answerable only to the Dean, annually summarizing for the Dean the office's activities without revealing any personal or confidential information about cases. The ombudsperson also makes recommendations to the Dean for specific and systemic changes and improvements in School policy, procedure, environment, etc., based upon the pattern of problems and complaints brought forward by visitors. The ombudsperson has the full support of the RBHS Office of Academic Affairs, Office Workplace Diversity and Office of the General Counsel. The ombudsperson, in addition, is authorized to approach any individual administrator, faculty member, other student or house officer — in pursuit of information, resolutions to problems or complaints, or to make recommendations.

(RBNS Ombuds.)

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