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Faculty Mentors
Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members leading a RWJMS or Rutgers biomedical research lab, depending on their research interest. All Rutgers labs are eligible as long as the research will be conducted in the biomedical fields (broadly defined).
Below is a list of potential mentors INSPIRE fellows could work with, but your are not limited to these.
We welcome inquiries from Rutgers and RBHS faculty who are interested in joining the INSPIRE program. If you are committed to mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows who want to obtain academic jobs, and have an active research lab that could incorporate a talented postdoc who can be funded by NIH-INSPIRE for up to 3 years, we would love to hear from you. You can start by recruiting a top candidate in your field from around the country to your lab, when you attend conferences for example. Once you have such a candidate, you can ask them to apply for INSPIRE funding.
| Name | Area of Expertise | Research Interest |
| Anthony, Tracy, PhD | Nutritional Science | Amino Acid Control of Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression |
| Aston-Jones, Gary, PhD | Brain Health Institute Psychiatry | Brain Mechanisms of Motivation and Cognitive Processes Cognition and Addiction |
| Brewer, Gary, PhD | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Regulation of Gene Expression; Genomics |
| Copeland, Paul, PhD | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Regulation of Gene Expression at the Translational Level, Incorporation and Utilization of Selenocysteine |
| DiCicco-Bloom, Emanuel, MD | Neuroscience and Cell Biology Pediatrics | Regulation of Developmental and Adult Neurogenesis, Cell Cycle Mechanisms |
| Dreyfus, Cheryl, PhD | Neuroscience and Cell Biology | The Role of the Trophic Factors and Glial Cells |
| Driscoll, Monica, PhD | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Developmental Neurogenetics, Molecular Genetics of Neuronal Cell Death, Mechanosensory Transduction in Touch and Feeling, Molecular Mechanisms of Aging |
| Duffy, Siobain, PhD | Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources | Emerging Viruses, Experimental Evolution, Bioinformatics, Bacteriophage |
| Fan, Huizhou, PhD | Pharmacology | Pathogenesis and Intervention of Sexually Transmitted Infections |
| Foty, Ramsey, PhD | Surgery | The Biophysical and Biomolecular Basis of Prostate Cancer Progression to Metastasis |
| Irvine, Kenneth, PhD | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Cell-Signaling, Pattern Formation, Growth Control, Developmental Glycobiology |
| Jacinto, Estela, PhD | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Signal Transduction, Cancer, Insulin, Metabolism, T Lymphocytes |
| Kiledjian, Mike, PhD | Cell Biology and Neuroscience | RNA-Protein Interactions in the Regulation of Mammalian Mrna Turnover. RNA-Binding Proteins in Human Genetics Disorders |
| McKim, Kim, PhD | Genetics | Double Strand Break Repair, Genetic Recombination, Chromosome Pairing, Chromosome Segregation, Kinesin Motor Proteins |
| Millonig, James, PhD | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience & Cell Biology | DHuman Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism |
| Nanda, Vikas, PhD | Biochemistry | Protein Evolution and Folding, Computational De Novo Design of Proteins and Biomimetics |
| Quadro, Loredana, PhD | Food Science | Nutritional Biochemistry |
| Runnels, Loren, PhD | Pharmacology | Developmental Biology, Magnesium and Calcium Homeostasis and Signaling, Brain Injury |
| Schindler, Karen, PhD | Genetics | Signal Transduction, Meiosis, Aneuploidy, Gamete Formation and Reproduction |
| Scotto, Kathleen, PhD |
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Pharmacology (Cancer Institute of New Jersey) |
Research Targeting the Regulation of Expression of Drug Resistance Genes in Human Tumors |
| Silverstein, Steven, PhD | Psychiatry | Schizophrenia – Retinal and Visual Processing Impairments |
| Singson, Andrew, PhD | Genetics | Reproductive Biology and Cell-Cell Interactions in C. Elegans |
| Soto, Martha, PhD | Pathology | Using C. Elegans Embryos to Investigate Polarized Cell Divisions and Polarized Cell Migrations During Development |
| Stock, Ann, PhD | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Structure/Function Analysis of Signal Transduction Proteins |
| Zhang, Huaye, PhD | Neuroscience and Cell Biology | Regulation of Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis and Synaptic Plasticity |