News Release
2005 News Release
December 2005
Anesthesiology Chair
I am pleased to inform you that Christine W. Hunter, MD, associate professor and acting chair, Department of Anesthesiology, has been appointed chair of the department. Over the months she served as acting chair, Dr. Hunter provided outstanding leadership for the department. I am pleased that as chair, Dr. Hunter will continue to provide patient care while fulfilling her academic and administrative responsibilities. more...
November 2005
EPA Funds New Research Center Program at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School Bioinformatics Center
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $9 million to establish two cutting-edge environmental bioinformatics research centers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Research Center for Environmental Bioinformatics and Computational Toxicology at the medical school will bring together a team of computational scientists with diverse backgrounds in bioinformatics, chemistry, modeling, and environmental studies from UMDNJ, Rutgers University, Princeton University, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Toxicoinformatics. The center represents a major component of EPA's computational toxicology program, which is using computer models to study the relationship between environmental contaminants and their potential adverse effects. The grant awards for each center will be $4.5 million for five years.
October 2005
Scientist Receives 2.2 Million to Study Links to Autism
Dr. James Millonig, a faculty member of the Center for Advanced
Biotechnology and Medicine and the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, has been awarded a
$2.2 million federal grant to identify autism susceptibility genes. more....
October 2005
RWJMS Surgeon Performs New Jersey’s First Atrial Fibrillation Procedure
Surgeons at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School performed a new surgical procedure on a heart patient who would otherwise have faced major cardiac surgery or a life-time of medication. more...
October 2005
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Physicians
Volunteer to Assist with Hurricane Katrina Aftermath
A few days after Katrina struck New Orleans , New Jersey ’s search and rescue team, consisting of state and local police officers, was on its way to New Orleans , heading toward unknown personal risk and considerable health hazards. more...
October 2005
The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, Inc (ISHIB) a unique, professional medical society that established the first ever guidelines for treating hypertension in African Americans, elected David S. Kountz, MD, FACP, Associate Professor, Associate Dean and Medical Director, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, as 2005-2006 ISHIB board of trustee. Dr. Kountz joined the faculty at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1996. In 2002 he was elected to the University’s Master Educator Guild. more...
September 2005
Peter M. Scholz, MD, James W. Mackenzie Professor of Surgery and chief, division of cardiothoracic surgery, performed the first invasive thoracoscopic microwave ablation to be done in New Jersey. more....
September 2005
Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) have identified genomic changes in white blood cells associated with systemic inflammation that may result in improved and individualized treatment of complex traumatic injuries. more...
September 2005
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) dedicated the new $72 million state-of-the-art Child Health Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick on September 30. more....
July 2005
Announcement
Harold L. Paz, MD, dean is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce
G. Haffty, MD, as professor and chair of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and director of Radiation Oncology and associate director of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey more....
June 2005
RWJMS Faculty are Honored for Achievements
Two faculty members at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School garnered national recognition for their contributions to their respective disciplines. Dr. Manny DiCicco-Bloom, pediatric neurologist and associate professor, received the first Science Service Award for Outstanding Dedication to the National Association for Autism Research. He studies the impact of environmental factors on the developing brain.
A documentary on Alzheimer's disease narrated by Dr. William Reichman, professor of psychiatry and neurology, was honored with the 2005 Bronze Telly Award. 'Reflections of Memories Lost: Understanding Alzheimer's Disease" debuted in March on ABC's Family Channel.
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