New Jersey Health Foundation Awards Excellence in Teaching, Research

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Jersey Health Foundation honored 18 faculty members from Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine with 2017 Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research Awards which were presented at individual school convocations.

Each winner, selected by his or her school, received a framed award and an honorarium to advance his or her teaching or research activities during the course of the coming year.

"For the past 28 years we have presented the Excellence in Teaching Awards to recognize outstanding teaching activities and for the past 10 years we have presented the Excellence in Research Awards to recognize outstanding research activities," said George F. Heinrich, M.D., vice chair and CEO of New Jersey Health Foundation. "We are delighted to present these awards to deserving faculty members who serve as examples to all of us by advancing their professions and excelling in research and education."

Excellence in Teaching Awards were presented to:

Rula Btoush, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Division of Nursing Science
Rutgers School of Nursing

Jane Ziegler, DCN, RDN, LDN
Associate Professor, Director DCN
Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers School of Health Professions

James W. Bailey, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Joseph Kramer, PhD
Instructor
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology  
Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Mohamed S. Kamel, BDS, DMD
Assistant Professor
Restorative Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

Megan Maroney, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Associate Professor
Pharmacy Practice & Administration              
Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Adana A.M. Llanos Wilson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Rutgers School of Public Health 

Devashish Anjaria, M.D.
Associate Professor
Surgery
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Diana S. Glendinning, PhD
Associate Professor
Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Excellence in Research Awards were presented to:

Yuan-Xiang Tao, MD, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair
Anesthesiology
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Felesia R. Bowen, PhD, DNP, APN
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Endowed Chair
Community Pediatric Nursing
Division of Nursing Science
Rutgers School of Nursing

Vijay Parashar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Oral Biology
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

Jeffrey D. Laskin, PhD
Professor & Chief
Division of Toxicology
Department of Environmental &
Occupational Health
Rutgers School of Public Health

Debra L. Laskin, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Roy A. Bowers Endowed Chair
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Cheryl Dreyfus, PhD
Professor & Chair
Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Derek B. Sant'Angelo, PhD
Endowed Professor, Developmental Biology
Professor, Pediatrics
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Ronald E. Ellis, PhD
Professor
Molecular Biology
Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine

Gerald Fluet, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Doctor of PT
Rehabilitation & Movement Sciences
Rutgers School of Health Professions

New Jersey Health Foundation  is a not-for-profit corporation that supports health-related research and education programs in New Jersey through several grant programs and its affiliate, Foundation Venture Capital Group, which makes private equity investments in health-related start- up companies in New Jersey headed toward commercialization.              

SOURCE New Jersey Health Foundation

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