Members/Associate Members

Director

William Gause, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean for Research

Phone(973) 972-7698

Emailgausewc@njms.rutgers.edu

Members

Aimee M. Beaulieu, PhD

Assistant Professor & Chancellor Scholar

Phone(973) 972-4387

Emailab1550@njms.rutgers.edu

Tessa L. Bergsbaken, PhD

Assistant Professor

Phone(973) 972-7933

Emailtb553@newark.rutgers.edu

Nicholas J. Bessman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Chancelor Scholar

Emailnb757@connect.rutgers.edu

Website

Sylvia Christakos, Ph.D., M.A.

Professor

Phone(973) 972-4033

Fax(973) 972-5594

Emailchristak@njms.rutgers.edu

Nataki C. Douglas, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of Translational Research

Phone(973) 972-5516

Emailnd537@njms.rutgers.edu

Karen L. Edelblum, Ph.D.

Scientific Director, Assistant Professor & Chancellor Scholar

Phone973-972-3071

Fax(973) 972-2939

Emailke163@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Ph.D.

Scientific Director; Professor & RBHS Provost

Phone973-972-5233

Emailbocarsly@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Huijuan Hu, P.hD.

Associate Professor

Emailhh480@njms.rutgers.edu

Yosuke Kumamoto, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Emailyk460@newark.rutgers.edu

Alexander Lemenze, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Emaillemenzad@njms.rutgers.edu

Dongfang Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Director, Immunoassay Development Program

Phone(973) 972-8535

Fax(973) 972-8535

Emaildl907@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Keri E. Lunsford, M.D., Ph.D., FACS

Assistant Professor; Assistant Professor of Surgery

Phone(973) 972-6231

Emailkel153@njms.rutgers.edu

Dane Parker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Phone(973) 972-3047

Emaildp964@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Vasileios Petrou, PhD

Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar

Phone(973) 972-4498

Emailvp440@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Ricardo Rajsbaum, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Virus Host Innate Immunity

Emailrr1234@njms.rutgers.edu

Amariliz Rivera, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone(973) 972-2568

Emailriveraam@njms.rutgers.edu

Mark Siracusa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Chancellor Scholar; Director of the Research Support Core

Phone(973) 972-1265

Fax(973) 972-2525

Emailmcs294@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Zoltan Spolarics, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

Phone(973) 972-0117

Emailspolaric@njms.rutgers.edu

Robin Stephens, MS, PhD

Associate Professor and Director, NeuroInflammation

YuanXiang Tao, M.D., MSC, Ph.D.

Professor & Vice Chair of Research

Phone(973) 972-9812

Fax(973) 972-1644

Emailyt211@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Jason Scott Weinstein, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor & Chancellor Scholar

Phone(973) 972-3161

Emailjw1194@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Darin L. Wiesner, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Phone(973) 972-3412

Emaildw667@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

George S. Yap, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor

Phone(973) 972-5394

Associate Members

Eddy Arnold, Ph.D.

Board of Governors & Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Kathleen Beebe, M.D.

Professor; Orthopedic Residency Program Director

Phone(973) 972-3534

Fax(973) 972-9367

Emailbeebeka@njms.rutgers.edu

Alex Y. Bekker, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.

Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology; Chief of Service, University Hospital

Phone(973) 972-5007

Emailbekkeray@njms.rutgers.edu

Vivian Bellofatto, Ph.D.

Professor & Interim Chair

Phone(973) 972-4406

Emailbellofat@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Purnima Bhanot, Ph.D., M.A.

Associate Professor

Phone(973) 972-3273

Emailbhanotpu@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

Raymond Birge, Ph.D.

Vice Chair; Professor & Director

Phone(973) 972-4497

Fax(973) 972-7104

Emailbirgera@njms.rutgers.edu

Theresa Chang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Kristine Gedroic, M.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor; Voluntary Faculty

Website

PingPing Hou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Website

Scott Kachlany, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone973-972-3057

Emailkachlasc@sdm.rutgers.edu

Sergei V. Kotenko, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor

Emailkotenkse@njms.rutgers.edu

Steven W. Levison, Ph.D.

Professor; Director, Laboratory For Regenerative Neurobiology

Phone(973) 972-5162

Fax(973) 972-2668

Emaillevisosw@njms.rutgers.edu

Website

David Lukac, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone(973) 972-4868

Fax(973) 972-8981

Emaillukacdm@njms.rutgers.edu

Matthew B. Neiditch, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone(973) 972-8980

Emailneiditmb@njms.rutgers.edu

James P. O'Connor, Ph.D., M.S.

Emailoconnojp@njms.rutgers.edu

Nikhat Parveen, Ph.D., M.S., B.Sc

Associate Professor

Phone(973) 972-5218

Emailparveeni@njms.rutgers.edu

Christine M. Rohowsky-Kochan, Ph.D., M.A.

Professor

Phone(973) 972-7394

Fax(973) 972-7950

Emailrohowscm@njms.rutgers.edu

John Siekierka, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Padmini Salgame, Ph.D., B.Sc.

Director, MD/PhD Program & Graduate Medical Research Program; Professor, Department of Medicine

Phone973-972-8647

Emailsalgampa@njms.rutgers.edu

Administrator

Jennifer Yaney

Phone973-972-3617

Fax732-932-3847