Dr. Mark Rossi was awarded a NIH R01 grant titled, "Lateral hypothalamic circuit dysfunction underlying the development of diet-induced obesity" and a 2023 Busch Biomedical Grant titled, "A pontine-hypothalamic pathway for acquiring aversive behavioral states." Dr. Lisa Denzin was awarded a 2023 Busch Biomedical Grant titled, "An unexpected role for bone morphogenic protein 2 (BMPR2) in the MHC class II antigen processing and presentation pathway."
Congratulations to Drs. Rossi and Denzin!
CHINJ was thrilled to participate in, and support the annual Hudson Shea Foundation Angel Walk held on Saturday, September 9, 2023. The Hudson Shea Foundation supports families affected by late pregnancy or early infancy loss, and provides funding for research at CHINJ and the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, through the Hudson Shea-Stella Faith Research Fund, to prevent these tragic events. CHI is extremely grateful to Canaan, Adam Yoskowitz, Trudie Heerema, and all of the great supporters of the Hudson Shea Foundation, for this wonderful partnership and the tremendous work of the Foundation.
The Rutgers Board of Governors announced the promotion of Dr. Zhiping Pang to Full Professor at its June, 2023 meeting. Dr. Pang is a founding member of the CHINJ, having joined us from Stanford in the Fall of 2011. He is recognized worldwide for his cutting-edge research on altered neuronal synapse function in a range of neuropsychiatric diseases including neuropsychiatric disorders, autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, satiety and feeding and addictions. His research leadership was also recently recognized by NIH with the award of an RM1 grant together with Dr. Jennifer Mulle (Rutgers-CABM) and Dr. Jubao Duan (Northshore University Health) to use stem cell technologies to study genes that cause neuropsychiatric disorders.
Congratulations to Dr. Pang on this well-deserved promotion!!!
As Father’s Day approaches, Arnold Rabson looks back the contributions of his parents whose studies changed the course of medicine as he continues their legacy with his own work including his role nurturing young scientists.
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Congratulations to Arnold B. Rabson, MD, Laura Gallagher Chair of Developmental Biology and director of the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, who received the 2023 Sidwell Friends Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is presented to nominated alumni of reunion classes who have shown distinguished service to their community or within their profession.
Watch this video produced by Sidwell Friends in honor of Dr. Rabson.
As part of the Rutgers commencement week, Dr. Zhiping Pang, Associate Professor, Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, RWJMS, received the Rutgers Presidential Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award. This award recognizes tenured faculty members whose breadth of academic portfolios reflect outstanding research, scholarship, or creative work, as well as truly outstanding contributions to teaching along with extensive service to the Rutgers community and beyond.