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  • NJMS receives full eight-year accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

  • Dr. Edwin Deitch, professor and chair of surgery at NJMS, is the first recipient of the President’s Leadership Award from the American Burn Association in recognition of his distinguished career.

  • Dr. Robert Johnson is appointed interim dean of NJMS. A professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, he had been chair of the Department of Pediatrics. A 1972 graduate of the school, he joined the faculty in 1976 and established the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, one of the first such programs in the nation.

  • UMDNJ partners with Liberty Science Center to host 46 elementary and middle school teachers for a two-week institute where they delve into human health and medical research.

  • The NIH ranks SOM first among osteopathic medical schools nationwide in research funding.

  • Dr. Steven Levin, associate professor at RWJMS and medical director of St. John’s Family Health Center in New Brunswick, is named “Outstanding Physician of the Year” by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians.

  • More than 140 scientists and students attend a symposium on stem cell research, sponsored by NJMS and GSBS.

  • RWJMS is one of eight schools across the country to receive a “Caring for Community” grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges for the Promise Clinic in New Brunswick, established by medical students to provide healthcare for the underserved and underinsured.

  • The National Medical Association presents its Scroll of Merit for exemplary work in medicine and community service in Newark to Drs. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins, UMDNJ graduates and co-authors of The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream.

  • UMDNJ’s three medical schools welcome the Class of 2009 at annual White Coat ceremonies on the New Brunswick, Stratford, and Newark campuses.

  • The François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center, a program of SN and NJMS, opens an office in Kingston, Guyana. As the implementing partner with the ministry of Guyana and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global AIDS program, the Center will provide health and support services for children and families with chronic illnesses including HIV.

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  • The 21st Annual University Day program is held in Newark. Dr. Fred Jacobs, Health and Senior Services Commissioner and member of the UMDNJ Board of Trustees, receives the University Medal for Distinguished Leadership. New members of the Stuart D. Cook M.D. Master Educators’ Guild are inducted.

  • The University Hospital receives comprehensive accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

  • Dr. Frank Kane, clinical assistant professor of family medicine at NJMS, is elected president of the American Board of Family Medicine.

  • Kennedy Health System becomes UMDNJ’s fourth principal teaching hospital.

  • The $72 million state-of-the- art Child Health Institute of New Jersey opens its doors. The Institute is a world-class research program that focuses on understanding human diseases from infancy through adolescence.

  • The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and NJ Transit launch a statewide effort to promote early cancer screening through posters in English and Spanish on buses and light rail.

  • More than 300 UMDNJ faculty and staff prepare to volunteer in the Gulf States in response to Hurricane Katrina. University Behavioral HealthCare coordinates the efforts.

  • NIH recognizes Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan, associate professor at NJDS, for one of six top-funded research discoveries nationwide this year. Kaplan and his team discovered an enzyme that can prevent infection by dispersing bacteria from the surfaces of catheters, pacemakers, and other devices.

  • The Lodox, a high speed imaging device for full body scanning, requiring minimal movement of severely injured patients, is put to use in The University Hospital’s trauma department. It is the only technology of its kind in the Northeast.

  • The Foundation of UMDNJ announces that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, assets topped $211 million for the first time.

  • GSBS and NJDS offer a new PhD program in oral biology in response to the urgent need for research dental scientists to fill positions in academia and industry.

  • SPH leaders join federal and state representatives in Trenton to sign an agreement to promote safer and more healthful New Jersey workplaces for students and youth workers.

  • UMDNJ and Kean University launch “Healthy Together,” a joint campaign to combat childhood obesity. A Halloween opening event draws 5,000 people.

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  • A fund-raiser for NJMS’ Center for Autism at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center honors Acting Governor Richard J. Codey.

  • NJMS dedicates The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine, the only endowed center of its kind in the nation.

  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards $4.5 million to RWJMS for an environmental bioinformatics research center, one of two in the U.S. The center will bring together a team of computational scientists from UMDNJ, Rutgers, Princeton, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

  • SOM dedicates The New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging. The Institute will lead the University’s programs in geriatric healthcare, education, and research, building on the school’s highly successful Center for Aging, established in 1986.


  • UMDNJ receives the Research and Development Council’s 2005 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award for University Technology Transfer. Dr. Stuart Peltz, professor of molecular genetics, microbiology, and immunology at RWJMS, was the lead inventor on the patent.

  • Dr. Stephen Vatner, professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine at NJMS, is named 2005 Distinguished Scientist by the American Heart Association.

  • SOM hosts a Veterans Recognition Program that includes the East Coast premiere of music composed by the mother and daughter of a soldier serving in Iraq.

  • Young people in Uganda and Newark share stories of living with HIV/AIDS in “Caring Across Continents,” a live video conference marking World AIDS Day.

  • UMDNJ stem cell researchers win nine of 17 awards made by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology through a $5 million grant program. Winners are Drs. Rick Cohen, Randall McKinnon, Richard Nowakowski, Ling Qin, Monica Roth, Michael Shen, Yufang Shi, Junichi Sadoshima, and Biagio Saitta.

  • Dr. Cecile Feldman, dean of NJDS, is appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Dental and Cranial Research.

  • Former federal prosecutor Herbert Stern is appointed by the Governor and U.S. Attorney’s office to monitor the University’s financal operations.

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  • Cherie Castellano, director of the Cop2Cop program at University Behavioral HealthCare, is among the “six New Jerseyans who made a difference in 2005” profiled by The Star-Ledger.

  • The University Hospital hosts an informational program for potential foster parents for the Division of Youth and Family Services recruitment program. The goal is to educate potential foster parents about special needs children, especially the medically fragile.

  • Tobacco Control 2005 cites research published by two SPH faculty members as one of the three most important papers ever published in the field of nicotine epidemiology. Recognized are Dr. Jonathan Foulds, director of the Tobacco Dependence Program, and Dr. Michael Burke, assistant professor and liaison to the New Jersey Quit Center.

  • The American Heart Association places a joint University Hospital/NJMS study setting new standards for evaluating hypertension on its list of 10 medical breakthroughs for 2005.

  • President John Petillo announces his intention to leave the University.

  • The Bristol-Myers Squibb Company names Dr. Arnold J. Levine, a RWJMS professor of pediatrics and biochemistry, the 2006 recipient of the Freedom to Discover Unrestricted Biomedical Research Grant award. Created to support research based on new ideas, it is the largest single industry-supported award of its kind.

  • A GSBS team coaches 30 elementary and middle school teachers from Abbott school districts on how to incorporate cutting-edge research into effective teaching practices.

  • Dr. Audrey Gotsch, dean of SPH, becomes president of the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent agency authorized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools and programs of public health.

  • Nearly 900 children from the greater Newark area receive dental care when NJDS celebrates Give Kids a Smile! National Children’s Dental Access Day.

  • SHRP announces impressive results from the Workplace Wellness program, initiated with the Department of Human Resources. The 18-month pilot project was designed to help UMDNJ employees make healthy lifestyle choices.

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  • The Board of Trustees appoints Dr. Bruce C. Vladeck, a nationally recognized health policy expert, Interim President of UMDNJ.

  • Governor Jon Corzine addresses the challenges facing the University at a meeting on the Piscataway campus. The program is connected to other campuses via interactive video-conferencing.

  • Dr. Peter S. Amenta, professor and chair in the Department of Pathology, is appointed Interim Dean of RWJMS.

  • SPH’s ToxRAP Education curriculum is one of 14 national programs to receive the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2006 Children’s Environmental Health Excellence Award during a ceremony in Washington, DC.

  • In collaboration with The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, SN becomes the first school in the state to offer a graduate program in clinical trials research.

  • A seven-level, 816-vehicle parking deck opens on the Newark campus almost two months ahead of schedule.

  • Dr. William Hait, director of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, is named president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research, the world’s oldest and largest scientific cancer research organization.

  • US News & World Report ranks RWJMS and SOM two of “America’s Best” medical schools.

  • Dr. Gloria McNeal, SN assistant dean and associate professor, receives the 2006 CARE Award for Excellence in Education from the New Jersey State Nurses Association.

  • Dr. Thomas A. Cavalieri is appointed Interim Dean of SOM. Professor of medicine, director of The New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, and Endowed Chair for Primary Care Research at the school, Cavalieri is also named “Physician of the Year” by the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

  • University Libraries receives a national award for its “Healthy NJ” website, www.healthynj.org.

  • Eighteen investigators from across the country present their most recent discoveries in immune system response to infectious disease-causing organisms at a two-day symposium sponsored by NJMS.

  • Dr. Isaac Kim, a urologic oncologist at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and assistant professor of surgery at RWJMS, receives the prestigious 2006 Edwin Beer Fellowship award from the New York Academy of Medicine for his research on an anti-tumor autoimmune response.

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  • The University Hospital Emergency Department Stroke Education Center hosts a grand opening. The Center, funded by a grant from The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, will educate more than 100,000 people who pass through the hospital’s Emergency Department yearly by providing information on stroke and health-related issues.

  • Through collaboration among its eight schools, the Center for Continuing and Outreach Education, and the biopharma industry, UMDNJ launches its BioPharma Educational Initiative to offer working professionals a variety of courses, certificates, and degree programs tailored for the industry.

  • Dr. Sidney Pestka, chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology at RWJMS, receives the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award for his seminal work on interferons, which led to groundbreaking treatments for chronic hepatitis B and C, multiple sclerosis, and cancers.

  • The University Hospital becomes the first in the U.S. to offer physicians, EMS personnel, and IT specialists wireless technology that allows cardiologists to diagnose heart attacks faster.

  • SN offers the state’s first Doctorate of Nursing Practice, for nurses involved in clinical practice management and policymaking.

  • The Eric B. Chandler Health Center, located on George Street in New Brunswick, opens an annex on Church Street and expects to serve an additional 6,000 patients its first year.

  • More than 70 faculty members are included among New York magazine’s “Top Docs” list for the New York metropolitan area.

  • Three GSBS PhD students win fellowships from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, which provides funding to emerging high-tech companies that hire post-doctoral graduates from New Jersey research universities.

  • The University holds its 34th Annual Commencement Ceremony at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. This year’s class is the largest in University history with 1,476 health professionals receiving diplomas.

  • Dr. Caryl Heaton, associate professor and vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine at NJMS, becomes president of the 5,000-member Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.

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