Houshmand, Reboli named to NJBIZ 2024 Education Power 50

Rowan University President and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Dean Annette Reboli this week were included in a list honoring some of the most impactful educators in the state.

Named to the NJBIZ 2024 Education Power 50 list, Houshmand and Reboli were recognized for leadership, mission and drive.

Houshmand, editors noted, became Rowan’s seventh president in 2012 and “embarked on a mission to transform the South Jersey institution. Under Houshmand, Rowan has evolved into a Carnegie-classified national research university with two medical schools and will soon field the state’s first veterinary school.”

The news magazine also noted Houshmand’s success in driving Rowan’s enrollment to more than 23,000 students, in the University becoming the third fastest-growing public research university in the country, and in fostering the development of Rowan Boulevard, a public-private partnership that has transformed downtown Glassboro with restaurants, retail, parking and a vibrant town square.

Reboli, NJBIZ noted, is a distinguished professor of medicine who became dean of CMSRU in 2017.

“With her solid history of scholarship and a longstanding commitment to medical education, Reboli has played a pivotal role in the development and launch of CMSRU,” editors wrote. They noted a recent study naming the school “one of the 2024 Best Medical Schools for Primary Care and Research by U.S. News & World Report.”

Board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, Reboli has authored or co-authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and abstracts, editors noted, adding, “over the years, she has received numerous teaching awards and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Philadelphia College of Physicians.”