RowanSOM selected as a vaccination center

Dear University community:

I am excited to share with you that the N.J. Department of Health has selected our School of Osteopathic Medicine to manage and host a regional COVID-19 vaccination center at the Stratford campus.

Many of our colleagues have been working around the clock  for the past week developing extensive distribution plans so that we can vaccinate 300 people a day, five days a week. We will begin by vaccinating front-line health care providers, and then open registration to groups as outlined by state health officials, including non-healthcare employees, students and the general public. We expect that our site will be active for at least the next six months.

We will not have a definitive date to open registration until the state shares its plans next week. We are prepared, however, to distribute any vaccine they ask us to.

I thank SOM Dean Tom Cavalieri and his vaccination center planning team for the incredible work they have done to prepare for this historic initiative. I expect every one of us will have a role to play in this effort in the coming weeks and months. We should all be very proud to participate in this enormous public health intervention. 

Once again, we will have more information to share once the New Jersey Department of Health unveils its plans for distributing vaccines to centers across the state. We will post updates and share FAQs on our website.

Congratulations to all!

Yours truly,

Ali A. Houshmand