Ex-Roche Site Continues Rebirth; Med School Preps For 1st Class

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The resurrection of the former Hoffman-La Roche site in Nutley and Clifton took another big step forward on Monday when the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University announced that applications for its inaugural class are officially open.

In 2015, Hackensack University Health Network and Seton Hall University announced plans to build a school of medicine at the former Roche site, which has been vacant since the company relocated in 2013.

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The college is the only private school of medicine in the state, developers said.

The first class of 55 students will begin July 9, 2018 in the new school, which “aims to address the shortage of physicians in New Jersey,” developers stated.

To help ensure that low-income students will be able to afford a medical education, the Hackensack Meridian Health Board of Trustees recently voted to establish a $100 million scholarship endowment fund. In addition, the school offers a three-year program, which can “significantly lower the cost of a medical education,” Seton Hall stated.

Along with opening the School of Medicine, Seton Hall University will also relocate its College of Nursing and School of Health and Medical Sciences to create an Interprofessional Health Sciences (IHS) campus in Nutley and Clifton this spring.

For more information on the application process, visit www.shu.edu/medicine

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Image courtesy of Seton Hall / Hackensack Meridian Health