At the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, we are bringing to life new technologies and therapies in our healthcare delivery, educational innovation in our classrooms, and biomedical breakthroughs in our laboratories. These endeavors tell a dramatic story of how our University has become a statewide resource. Our impact on the lives of individuals and communities is extraordinary. More than 5,000 future healthcare professionals and research scientists are studying at our schools; most will stay to work in New Jersey. Our healthcare facilities, doctors' offices and community clinics counted more than two million patient visits last year. Researchers are currently working in more than 2,000 areas of investigation. Our scientists are searching for the answers to everything from heart disease to cancer, from AIDS to autism, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's, paralysis, stroke, addiction and antibiotic resistant tuberculosis.

Our pre-eminence as a medical university is attracting the best and brightest thinkers. Their discoveries will shape the future of healthcare. This report will introduce you to the work of 14 faculty scientists, just a small sample of the continuing quest for better, brighter, fuller, safer lives for all of us. The power and potential of their dedication to science underscores our invaluable role as New Jersey's resource for life.