Download Stanley Cohen, M.D. Director, Center for Biophysical Pathology

RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES (RBHS)
SENATE CANDIDATES PERSONAL STATEMENTS
RESEARCH CENTERS, BUREAUS & INSTIUTES - SENATOR - THREE-YEAR TERM ENDING JUNE 30, 2017
Stanley Cohen, M.D.
Director, Center for Biophysical Pathology
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
I would like to serve as a Faculty Senate representative for the RBHS research centers. I’m
currently Director of the Center for Biophysical Pathology at NJMS and Professor in the
Pathology department. I was Chair of that department for 18 years, where I gained a reputation
for being supportive of my faculty. Before that, I served a term as President of the Faculty
Senate at one institution (U. Conn), lived through a restructuring transition similar to that
undergone here (Hahnemann to MCP, and subsequently to Drexel) and was a faculty-elected
representative to the Scientific Committee of the Board of Trustees at Hahnemann. I am also an
Adjunct Professor at the Univ. of Penn and at Northwestern University. These various
experiences have been very helpful in shaping my perspective as a former member of the
Rutgers Faculty Senate (one year term). I was also a member (and Vice President) of the
committee charged with developing an UMDNJ-wide Faculty Council. I would like to have the
opportunity to represent the RBHS research centers in the context of their integrative role in
the overall ecology of the institution. My experiences both as chair and faculty member, as well
as prior leadership positions at the national level (President of Am. Soc. invest. Path), Executive
Committee member of FASEB, and member of the Council of Academic Societies (AAMC) as
well as Editor-in-Chief of an international journal should be helpful in allowing me to help
represent the faculty from a global as well as institutional perspective.
Michael Lewis, PhD
University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
Director, Institute for the Study of Child Development
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Having been a University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at UMDNJ-Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School and now Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, I have
also had Graduate appointments in Psychology, Education, Biomedical Engineering and Nursing
and been a member of the Executive Committee of the Cognitive Science Center at Rutgers. I
represent a link between Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and Rutgers for almost 33
years.
James M. Oleske, MD, MPH
François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Pediatrics Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases
New Jersey Medical School
As the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers/NJMS, Newark NJ, I
Direct the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and Infectious Diseases (PAIID) and
serve as the Medical Director of the FXB Center for Children, the nation's initial treatment and
investigational clinical trials centers for childhood HIV/AIDS. I graduated from the then College
of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ (MD ‘71), received a Masters in Public Health from Columbia
University (’74), completed a Pediatric residency at the Harrison S Martland Hospital, Newark
NJ (’74) and a 2 yr. National Cancer Institute fellowship in PAIID at Emory University and CDC,
Atlanta, GA. (’76). I developed and directed two RRC approved Pediatric Fellowship training
programs (AI and PID) and established at NJMS the Center for Laboratory Investigation (CLI),
which developed the initial applications of flow Cytometry to HIV immune monitoring and
collaborated with Dr Robert Gallo at NIH in the initial isolation of HIV (NM strain used to
develop the HIV ELISA/WB assay). As CLI Medical Director, I have certification in Diagnostic
Laboratory Immunology, holding both NJ Medical and Laboratory Immunology licenses. I am
board certified in Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pain
Management, Hospice and Palliative Care and am a Certified IRB Professional. My work over
the past 30 years has focused on the translation of both clinical and laboratory research into
clinical care strategies to prevention and treat Perinatal HIV/AIDS infection in infants, children
and adolescents in US and in underserved International countries.
Derek Sant'Angelo, PhD
Resident Scientist, Child Health Institute of NJ
Associate Professor and Division Chief, Dept. of Pediatrics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
I am a resident scientist at the Child Health Institute of NJ, a full member of the Cancer Institute
and the Chief of the Division of Developmental Biology, Dept. of Pediatrics. I also am
developing collaborative interactions with the Center for Immunity and Inflammation at NJMS
and with Rutgers faculty members. Currently I am a co-chair, with Dr. Bill Gause, on the
Infection and Inflammation Strategic Planning Group, a member of the RWJMS Research
Committee, a member of the Dept. of Pediatrics Appointments and Promotions committee and
the RWJMS IACUC. Therefore, I believethat I have a broad perspective concerning multiple
aspects of basic and clinical research in RBHS.
I have headed an R01 funded laboratory for approximately fifteen years studying the
transcriptional control of effector T cell responses in the context of diseases such as Type 1
diabetes, SLE and obesity. My career has spanned time at the Yale University School of
Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute and, now, RBHS. Furthermore, I earned
my PhD from Rutgers-UMDNJ. Therefore, I have the perspective of working at a private
medical school, a private research institute and have experienced Rutgers/RWJMS both as a
faculty member and as a student.
I believe my strong track record as a scientist, a teacher, an administrator and as a mentor
would all make me an excellent representative of RBHS to the University Senate.
Joaquin Santolaya, MD, PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor of Genetics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
I had studied and practiced medicine in 8 different Universities prior to accepting a full time faculty
appointment at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2010. The Senate represents all of us and
through the Senate, I would present my perspectives to influence changes primarily in two ways. First, I
would help shape the existing relationships among academic units and students. Secondly, I will bring
our voice through standing committees’ to generate recommendations at Senate meetings concerning
the evaluation of administrators involved in the overall planning of the University structure and
governance with distinct attention to Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. If elected, I will assume this
responsibility recognizing the importance of explaining our concerns to the administration and
president. I bring the experience gained by always having been in academics. Through the years, I have
served Universities in a number of roles, adapted to diverse views and operation systems and worked
with admired as well as difficult colleagues and students. I am convinced that the views of our faculty
and students should be shared with staff, administrators, alumni and the Rutgers’s president. Sincerely,
Joaquin Santolaya, Professor.