The principal investigators of the UMDNJ-Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of Excellence include Dr. Jeffrey Laskin as the overall director of the Center; Dr. Donald Gerecke at Rutgers as co-director of the Center; Drs. Marion Gordon, Joshua Gray, Diane Heck, Debra Laskin, and Patrick Sinko, also at Rutgers; and Dr. Ned Heindel at Lehigh University. Investigators at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers are members of the Environmental Occupational and Health Sciences Institute.
Faculty Members:
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Jeffrey D. Laskin, Ph.D. - Principal Investigator |
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Donald R. Gerecke, Ph.D. - Co-Principal Investigator |
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Debra L. Laskin, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Marion K. Gordon, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Patrick Sinko, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Diane E. Heck, Ph.D. - Professor & Chair |
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Ned D. Heindel, Ph.D. - Medicinal Chemistry |
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Joshua P. Gray, Ph.D. - Education & Training |
Battelle Collaborators:
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Robert P. Casillas, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Carol L. Sabourin, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Michael Babin, DVM, Ph.D. - Investigator |
Collaborators:
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Paul J. Lioy, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Michael A. Gallo, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Clifton R. Lacy, M.D. - Investigator |
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Michael P. Shakarjian, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Mou-Tuan Huang, Ph.D. - Investigator |
L. William Scheibel, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.P. - Investigator |
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Hong Duck Kim, Ph.D. |
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Panos Georgopoulos, Ph.D. - Investigator |
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Jules Mitchel, MBA, Ph.D. |
























