Announcement from Sara Elnakib, Chair, Family and Community Health Sciences

Dr. Patty J. Oehmke.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Patty J. Oehmke as the new FCHS Professor of Practice. 

Patty joins Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Professor of Practice in the area of wellness. She will lead initiatives in student wellness on the Cook Campus at Rutgers–New Brunswick and provide leadership, including substantial networking with existing services and resources on campus, as well as bring programs offered through Rutgers Cooperative Extension to campus to engage students.

She has more than 20 years of accomplished wellness and wellbeing leadership in collaborating and addressing dimensions of wellness through both collective and individual approaches. She creates sustainable intergenerational, intersectional, and intercultural partnerships that enhance student and community wellbeing through experiential learning and accessibility.

Patty has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and Exercise Science – specializing in fitness, recreation, exercise activity and educational methodologies, a Master of Arts degree in Exercise Physiology – specializing in health promotion and corporate wellness, and a Ph.D. in College and University Administration, Wellbeing Leadership – specializing in curriculum development, disease prevention and the role of the environment in physical health and wellbeing.