Introducing AAUP-UMDNJ
The American Association of University Professors, Council of Chapters (the AAUP) is the professional bargaining representative for more than 1,300 faculty members and librarians of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ).
Our members are the teachers, physicians and researchers at the schools that make UMDNJ the largest public medical and health services university in the nation.
Eighty percent of the members are licensed health care professionals, including physicians, dentists and nurses. The remaining members are scientists holding the Ph.D.
The AAUP-UMDNJ offices are located on the Piscataway (telephone number: 732-235-4196) and Newark (telephone number: 973-972-5875) campuses of UMDNJ.
Who We Are and Where We Work
Members of AAUP-UMDNJ are the teaching and research faculty and the library staff at:
- UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School, Newark
- UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway & New Brunswick
- UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford
- UMDNJ New Jersey Dental School
- UMDNJ Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark and Piscataway
- UMDNJ School of Nursing, Newark
- UMDNJ School of Public Health
- UMDNJ University Libraries
Whom We Teach
The students our members teach today are New Jersey's physicians, dentists, nurses and biomedical researchers of tomorrow.
For AAUP-UMDNJ members who are the faculty of UMDNJ, a high point each year is the success achieved by the students of the university as they complete their medical, dental, nursing or science education. We are also proud of the numerous interns, residents, fellows and visiting scientists who receive their training under our supervison.
Where We Stand
For more than a generation, faculty represented by the Council have been the teachers, caregivers and researchers who make UMDNJ a world-class medical and health education institution.
New Jersey expects us to be among the world's best medical and health teachers and scientists in the nation, bringing recognition to New Jersey for excellence in medical education and research.
The members of the AAUP-UMDNJ strive to fulfill that expectation every day as they make a vital contribution to the quality of life in New Jersey.
Together, we who belong to the AAUP-UMDNJ, stand for the highest quality of teaching in the medical and healing professions, and the highest levels of clinical and scientific research.
We stand for the essential principal of secure, free, unfettered academic and scientific inquiry meeting the most rigorous standards for excellence.
The Contribution We Make
As the faculty of UMDNJ, members of the AAUP-UMDNJ make a major contribution to the economic well-being of the University and to its standing as a leader in medical health education and science in the United States.
Vital sources (grants, contracts, gifts and revenue from health care services) of the University's income are generated largely by the work, talent, vision and care-giving of faculty represented by the Council. The infusion of such funding, so much depending on the knowledge, skill and dedication of the faculty, have enabled the State of New Jersey to reduce direct appropriations to UMDNJ even as it continues its vital role in medical and health education and service.