NJ ACTS Internal Advisory Board
| Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Strom | Chancellor | Rutgers Health |
| Atam Dhawan | Senior Vice Provost for Research | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Peter Schiffer | Dean of Research | Princeton University |
| Amy Murtha | Dean | RWJ Medical School |
| Robert L. Johnson | Dean | New Jersey Medical School |
| Joseph Barone | Dean | Mario School of Pharmacy |
| Cecile Feldman | Dean | Rutgers School of Dentistry |
| Linda Flynn | Dean | School of Nursing |
| Alma Merians | Dean | School of Health Professions |
| Perry Halkitis | Dean | School of Public Health |
| Alberto Cuitino | Dean | School of Engineering |
| Frank Ghinassi | Director | University Behavioral Health |
| Helmut Zarbl | Director | Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences |
| Steve Libutti | Director | Rutgers Cancer Institute |
| Michael Zwick | Senior Vice President for Research | Rutgers |
| Michele Norin | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer | Rutgers |
| Ian McLaughlin | Vice President for Government Affairs | Bio NJ |
| Andy Anderson | Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and Quality Officer | RWJBH |
| Linda Schwimmer | President and CEO | New Jersey Health Care and Quality Institute |
| Jamie Santiago | President | NB Tomorrow |
| Steve O’Mahoney | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer | RWJBH |
NJ ACTS Executive Committee
| Name | Title | Organization |
| Lauren Aleksunes, PhD | Professor | Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy |
| Atam Dhawan, PhD | Senior Vice Provost for Research | NJIT Liaison for NJ ACTS |
| David Foran, PhD | Chief Informatics Officer | Center for Biomedical Imaging & Informatics |
| Sunanda Gaur, MD | Professor of Pediatrics | RWJMS |
| Shawna Hudson, PhD | Vice Chancellor | Dissemination and Implementation Science, Rutgers Health |
| Howard Kipen, MD | Director, Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine | Department of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Daniel Notterman, MD | Senior Research Scholar, Molecular Biology | Princeton University Liaison for NJ ACTS |
| Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr, MD, Chair | Vice Chancellor | Clinical and Translational Research, Rutgers Health |
| Kathleen Scotto, PhD, Vice Chair | Dean | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Frank Sonnenberg, MD | Chief Medical Informatics Officer | RWJMS |
| Al Tallia, MD, MPH | Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine | RWJMS |
NJ ACTS External Advisory Board
| Name | Title | Institution | Advisory Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven E. Reis, MD | Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute | University of Pittsburgh | CTSA Hub |
| Harry Selker, MD, MSPH | Dean, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Executive Director, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies |
Tufts University School of Medicine | CTSA Hub |
| Philip Payne, PhD | Director, Institute for Informatics | Washington University School of Medicine | Informatics |
| Amanda Medina-Forrester, MA, MPH | Executive Director, Office of Multi-cultural Affairs | NJ Department of Health | Community/State |
| Doris Rubio, PhD | Director, Institute for Clinical Research Education Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research Education and Training |
University of Pittsburgh | Career Development |
| Mark Olfson, MD, MPH | Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law | Columbia University School of Medicine | Big Data |
| David Lee | Senior Vice President, Data Science | Canary Medical Inc. | Industry |
| Cathleen Bennett, JD, MGA | Chief Executive Officer | New Jersey Hospital Association | Government |
| Peter Ronco | Head of Global Clinical Development Operations | Johnson & Johnson | Industry |
| Aileen P. McGinn, PhD | Director, Clinical Research Training Program Division Head, Division of Biomedical and Bioethics Research Training |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Clinical Research |
| Gerald Stacy | Administrative Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine | University of Chicago | CTSA Hub |
NJ ACTS Steering Committee
| Name | Title | NJ ACTS Role |
|---|---|---|
| Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr, MD, Chair | Vice Chancellor, Clinical and Translational Research, Rutgers Health | Director, NJ ACTS |
| Shawna Hudson, PhD | Vice Chancellor, Dissemination and Implementation Science, Rutgers Health | Associate Director, NJ ACTS |
| Kathleen Scotto, PhD, Vice Chair | Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | Lead, Pre-doctoral Training |
| Frank Sonnenberg, MD | Chief Medical Informatics Officer, RWJMS | Lead, Informatics |
| Daniel Notterman, MD | Lecturer with the Rank of Professor, Princeton University | Core Co-Lead, Pre-doctoral Training and Career Development |
| Barbara DeMarco, PhD, OT/PT | Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Interim Chair, Department of Health Informatics Director, Rutgers Biopharma Educational Initiative |
Lead, Workforce Development |
| Celine Gelinas, PhD | Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group |
Lead, Regulatory Knowledge |
| Steven Crystal, PhD | Board of Governors, Professor of Health Services Research Director, Division on Aging Director, Center for Health Services Research Institute |
Lead, Special Populations |
| David J. Foran, PhD | Chief Informatics Officer and Executive Director of Biomedical Informatics and Computational Imaging | Core Co-Lead for Informatics |
| Sunanda Gaur, MD, MBBS | Professor of Pediatrics | Core Co-Lead Special Populations and Trial/Recruitment Innovation |
| Maria Gennaro, PhD | Professor, Department of Medicine | Lead, Biomarkers |
| Atam Dhawan, PhD | Senior Vice Provost for Research NJIT | Rep of NJIT |
| William Jester, BS | COO, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine & Science | Director of Administration |
| Arnold Rabson, MD | Director of the Child Health Institute of New Jersey | Co-Lead, Pilots |
| Nancy Fiedler, PhD | EOHSI Deputy Director and Professor, Rutgers School of Public Health | Core Co-Lead, Regulatory |
| Nancy Reichman, PhD, MBA | Professor of Pediatrics, RWJMS and Visiting Professor, Princeton Department of Economics | Core Co-Lead, Team Science and Advisor, Community |
| Jason Roy, PhD | Chair and Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Core Co-Lead, BERD |
| Alfred Tallia, MD, MPH | Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, RWJMS | Core Co-Lead, Community |
| Olga Jarrín, PhD, RN | Hunterdon Professor of Nursing Research, Division of Nursing Science | Co-Lead Workforce Core |
| Nancy Reilly, RN, MS | Executive Director, Clinical Trials Office | Executive Director, CTO |
| Carlos Pato, MD, PhD | Vice President of Research, Training and Academic Affairs & Executive Chair of Psychiatry | Co-Lead, Genetics |
NJ ACTS Administration
| Name | NJ ACTS Role | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|
| Mila Dunbar, MBA | Senior Administrative Manager | dunbarm1@rbhs.rutgers.edu |
| Casandra Burrows | Assistant Director Administration and Finance | casandra.burrows@rutgers.edu |
| William Jester | Director of Administration | wfj6@rbhs.rutgers.edu |
| Cindy Blitz, PhD | Co-Director Evaluation Team | cindy.blitz@gse.rutgers.edu |
| Judith Argon | Executive Lead Program Development | ja946@rbhs.rutgers.edu |
| Anthony Gonzalez | Quality Assurance & Quality Control Manager | ag954@rbhs.rutgers.edu |
| Elisabeth A, Tawa, PhD | Manager, Research & Administration, Princeton | etawa@princeton.edu |
| Rebecca Freiday | Financial Assistant | rfreidayo@rbhs.rutgers.edu |
| Pamela Dahlen | Staff Assistant | dahlen@rbhs.rutgers.edu |