The University community honored the memory and legacy of Dr. Carroll Moton Leevy at a memorial service held on March 12 on the Newark campus. Dr. Leevy was a founding father of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School , a trail-blazing scientist, a compassionate physician, and an inspirational educator.
The associate director of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Dr. Bruce G. Haffty, who is a professor and chair of the Department of Radiology Oncology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been named president-elect of the American Board of Radiology (ABR). Dr. Haffty, who also is the chief of Radiation Oncology at CINJ — a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School — will begin his two-year term in June.
Internationally recognized for his clinical expertise in breast cancer and his clinical and translational research in radiation oncology, Dr. Haffty was certified in radiation oncology by the ABR in 1988 after completing his residency at Yale University. He has served in several volunteer capacities for the ABR through the years, having been elected to the Board of Trustees in 2005. He also has served as assistant executive director of the ABR in charge of the primary certification exam in Radiation Oncology, vice chair of the Maintenance of Certification Committee, and chair of the Breast Category Examination in Radiation Oncology.
Research to Prevent Blindness in New York recently awarded a grant of $110,000 to the Foundation of UMDNJ for The Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS) at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. To date, Research to Prevent Blindness has awarded more than $1,725,000 to the Institute.
Dr. Marco A. Zarbin, chairman of the Institute, received the award that will be used to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of blinding diseases.
Broadway House for Continuing Care has been awarded a $75,000 federal grant for security improvements from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Such awards to nonprofits in New Jersey are administered through the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. They must be used for "target hardening" activities, such as the purchase and installation of physical security equipment or for training organization personnel.
The program also requires recipients to provide a 25 percent funding match; Broadway House will match the grant with $25,000. The grant funds will enable the facility to create a multilayered security program and enhance the facility’s access control and monitoring abilities. Broadway House is a UMDNJ affiliate and New Jersey’s only specialized facility caring for adults living with AIDS.
