Associate Members of Child Health Institute of New Jersey

Ramsey Foty, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
UMDNJ-RWJMS

Areas of interest include cell adhesion in development and cancer.

Karl Herrup, PhD
Professor & Chairman
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Rutgers University

Areas of research interest include Alzheimer’s disease.

Kenneth Irvine, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Rutgers University

Areas of research interest include tissue growth and morphogenesis during development.

Sunita Kramer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
UMDNJ-RWJMS

Areas of research interest include muscle and heart development.

Michael Matise, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
UMDNJ-RWJMS

Areas of research interest include development of the central nervous system.

Richard S. Nowakowski, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
New Jersey Professor of Spinal Cord Research
Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
UMDNJ-RWJMS

Areas of research interest include the mechanisms regulating neurogenesis in the developing and adult CNS.

Richard Padgett, PhD
Professor
Co-Director of the Cell & Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Rutgers University

Areas of research interest include the molecular mechanisms of growth control.

John Pintar, PhD
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
UMDNJ-RWJMS  
New Research Building Room 359
Piscataway Campus

Areas of research interest include the development and function of the
pituitary gland.

John Smulian, MD, MPH
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
UMDNJ-RWJMS
2140 Clinical Academic Building
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick Campus

Areas of research interest include perinatal research, epidemiology, preterm
birth, early origins of adult disease, and birth defects.

Ruth Steward, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Waksman Institute Room 252
Rutgers University
Busch Campus

Areas of interest include two genes that function in early pattern formation
of Drosophila.

Peter Yurchenco, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UMDNJ-RWJMS
Research Tower Room 249
Piscataway Campus

Areas of research interest include the neuromuscular development and
congenital muscular dystrophies.