麻豆传媒

Dr Foster鈥檚 research is in mathematics education, focused on the learning and teaching of mathematics in schools.

He studies how students develop a deep understanding of mathematics and the difficulties they have making sense of the subject.

His current research involves designing and developing engaging and effective tasks for use in the mathematics classroom. He wants to find how to enable students to become fluent with mathematical processes so that they can use these to solve mathematical problems.

An expert in European governance, sport football, Dr Garcia has two main fields of research interests. The first is the origin and development of the European Union鈥檚 sports policy, which he has researched using a theoretical approach based on agenda-setting and multilevel governance models. The second area would be broadly defined as the governance of sport. This is defined as both systemic governance structures and principles of good governance. In this area Dr. Garc铆a is interested in finding out about the nature of the relations between governmental and non-governmental actors in sports governance, especially at the supranational level with a focus on the case of football and the roles of UEFA and EU institutions.

Information Management, Knowledge Management, Email, Email Productivity, Email Stress, Email Preservation, Social Media

Tom's research interests include the impact of email on staff productivity and stress levels, email preservation and archiving and electronic communication and information retrieval. He has also developed the EMOTIVE system, which can analyze and extract emotional meaning from people's Tweets. He holds a chair in Information and Knowledge Management and is the Director of the University's Centre for Information Management.

Biotechnology; bioengineering; chemical engineering; metabolic engineering; systems biology; synthetic biology; computational biology; bioinformatics; cheminformatics; functional genomics; mathematical modeling; optimization; anaerobic microbiology; and environmental microbiology.

Trained as a bioengineer, Dr. Islam鈥檚 research focuses on the design, re-design, and implementation of biological processes to tackle important societal challenges, including the bioproduction of 鈥榞reen鈥� petrochemicals from gases, mitigating nutrient pollution from the environment, and developing novel chemotherapies for cancer treatment. He uses both computational and experimental approaches to engineer 鈥榗ellular metabolism,鈥� namely bioprocesses, to achieve the research objectives.

Eating behaviour, Children鈥檚 Eating, Child Feeding, Infant Feeding, Childhood Obesity, Food Poverty

Clare鈥檚 research spans from children鈥檚 eating behaviour, and the influences of caregivers on children鈥檚 eating, to methods of altering children鈥檚 diet and eating behaviour as well as the impact of food poverty on children鈥檚 health and wellbeing.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, and Economics

Professor Holland has worked at the interface of business and technology for over 30 years with a range of international business organizations on technology implementation, evaluation of Information Technology (IT) projects, and digital strategy.

Professor Holland has published research articles in leading strategy, management, and technology journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Sloan Management Review, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Decision Support Systems and the International Journal of Electronic Commerce.

Climate, climate change, environmental change, glaciers, Arctic.

Richard鈥檚 interests are in weather, water, and environmental change in the Arctic, particularly in hydrological systems driven by glacier meltwater; he is also interested in the communication of climate and climate change issues.

Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan is the Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine for University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, the Herman K. Hellerstein, MD Professor of Cardiovascular Research, and Director of the Case Cardiovascular Research Institute at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Rajagopalan completed internal medicine training, including serving as Chief Resident, at SUNY (Buffalo, New York), Clinical and Research Fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine/Vascular Biology at the Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, Georgia) and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging training at Duke University Medical Center (Durham, North Carolina).

Dr. Rajagopalan is among an elite group of physician scientists whose work has helped transform global perceptions of the impact of the environment on cardiovascular health. He is passionate about technology innovation in cardiovascular medicine for the development of personalized approaches to heart disease prevention.

Dr. Rajagopalan is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), American Association of Physicians (AAP), Association of University Cardiologists (AUC) and the Association of Professors of Cardiology (APC).

Instructor of Research, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
Instructor of Research, Digestive Health Research Institute

Dr. Abigail Basson, Ph.D., RD, LD, is a registered dietitian and NIH-funded Instructor in the Department of Nutrition with a secondary appointment with the Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Abigail鈥檚 research goal is to identify mechanisms for targeted dietary manipulation of intestinal microbiota and inflammation that can be used as predictors or therapeutic modifiers of disease severity in patients affected with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). As such, her research integrates basic science and translational clinical research in IBD, combining clinical nutrition and translational methodologies to identify candidate dietary nutrients that will ultimately be translated to biomarkers associated with 鈥榩erson-specific鈥� therapeutic strategies. On the clinical component, Abigail has focused on implementing IRB-approved strategies to validate the findings derived from her mouse work and is currently the PI of a NIH funded, multidisciplinary diet intervention study in patients at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

View Dr. Basson's Research Website
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Nutrigenomics

Research Information
Research Projects
Effect of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet on Gut Homeostasis in Active and Experimental Crohn鈥檚 Disease

Recent Funding
Title: NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards (K01)

Award: 1K01DK127008-01

Funder: NIH/NIDDK

Role: Principal Investigator

Dates: 03/01/2021-12/31/2025

Awards and Honors
Pilot Feasibility Award 2019 Digestive Diseases Core Center (DDRCC), NIH/NIDDK
F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant 2018 NIH/NIDDK
AGA Young Investigator Research Travel Award 2018 Digestive Diseases Week
Basic Science Travel Award 2018 Crohn鈥檚 and Colitis Congress
Basic Science Travel Award 2017 Digestive Diseases Week
T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Scholar Research Grant 2016 NIH/NIDDK
Invited Member 2015 Golden Key International Honor Society
Faculty Research Grant 2013 University of the Western Cape
Doctoral Research Award 2011 AstraZeneca/SAGES
Publications
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Selected Papers
a. Basson A, Swart R, Jordaan E, Mazinu M, Watermeyer G. (2014) The association between race and Crohn鈥檚 disease phenotype in the Western Cape population of South Africa, defined by the Montreal classification system. PloS ONE; 9(8): e104859. PMCID: PMC4130615.

b. Basson A, Swart R, Jordaan E, Mazinu M, Watermeyer G. (2014) The association between childhood environmental exposures and development of Crohn鈥檚 disease in the Western Cape, South Africa. PloS ONE; 9(12): e115492. PMCID: PMC4267820.

c. Basson A, Swart R, Jordaan E, Mazinu M, Watermeyer G. (2016) Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk for moderate to severe disease activity in Crohn鈥檚 disease patients in South Africa, measured by the Harvey Bradshaw Index. J Am College Nutr; 35(2):163-174. PMID:26430776.

d. Basson A, Rodriguiez-Palacios A, Cominelli F et al. (2019). Human gut microbiome transplantation in ileitis prone mice: a tool for the functional characterization of the microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease patients. Inflamm Bowel Dis. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31750921.

e. Basson A, Rodriguez-Palacios A., Cominelli F, et al. (2020). Replacing Animal Protein with Soy-Pea Protein in an 鈥楢merican diet鈥� Controls Crohn鈥檚 Disease-like Ileitis Regardless of Firmicutes: Bacteroidetes ratio. J Nutr. 2021. PMID: 33484150.

Education
PhD Public Health & Nutrition University of the Western Cape, South Africa 2015
Certificate Nutrigenomics University of Arizona 2010
MSc Clinical Nutrition Science New York University 2005
BSc Dietetics Rutgers University 2003
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
Dietetic Internship St Vincent's Catholic Hospital, NYC 2006
Postdoctoral Fellowship Division of Gastroenterology, CWRU 2019

Director of Education, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, School of Medicine
Director, MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities Program, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
Director, Medicine Society and Culture Concentration, School of Medicine
Co-Director, PhD in Bioethics Program, School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Associate Professor Eileen Anderson directs the university鈥檚 educational programs in Bioethics and Medical Humanities. She is founding director of the Medicine, Society and Culture (MSC) concentration and center for Medicine, Society and Culture. As a medical and psychological anthropologist, she studies how adolescents and young adults adapt to changes in their environments in ways that both advance and harm their well-being. An award-winning teacher and mentor, she expanded the university鈥檚 offerings at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels to provide students a more comprehensive understanding of non-biological factors that affect health, as well as our ideas about well-being and illness.

Drawn to interdisciplinary study since her own days as an undergraduate, Dr. Anderson foregrounds bioethics, medical humanities and social medicine in her research, teaching and program development. Social and cultural constructs, historical and rhetorical influences, literature, art, philosophy 鈥� all shape perceptions of health, illness, and recovery, which in turn affect choices, beliefs, and behaviors. Those who appreciate this complex and multi-layered interplay will be able to play pivotal roles in enhancing how care is delivered 鈥� and the outcomes it yields.

Dr. Anderson's perspective on these issues has been informed by extensive research on the mental health and well-being of adolescents and young adults in contexts of socio-cultural change. Her most enduring project is an ongoing longitudinal study of how subjective perceptions of current and future well-being allowed the first mass-educated cohort of Belizean schoolgirls to overcome severe threats to their mental and physical health. Dr. Anderson also led an interdisciplinary team鈥檚 study of the psychiatric medication experiences of undergraduates at North American university campuses, where a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods revealed stark differences between reported and actual usage. She is writing a book about the findings and their implications; Young, Educated and Medicated: College Student Mental Health. Building on her earlier work in culture, body image and eating disorders, she led a multi-institutional project examining the ethnography of global obesity stigma among upwardly mobile young people in several countries around the world. This research led to a School for Advanced Research seminar, from which emerged an edited volume (2017) of which she is primary editor and author, Fat Planet: Culture, Obesity and Symbolic Body Capital. Most recently, she has launched a new project examining concepts and practices related to child well-being in the Guardian Ad Litem system in legal contexts, where she leads an interdisciplinary team of child psychologists, pediatricians, ethicists, anthropologists, social workers and legal scholars.

Her training has included work at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Social Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, and postdoctoral fellowships in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Neuroscience and Culture, Brain and Development through the Foundation for Psychocultural Research at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Publications
PubMed

Education
Degree Doctor of Education Institution Harvard University Area of Study Human Development and Psychology
Degree Master of Education Institution Harvard University Area of Study Human Development and Psychology
Degree Bachelor of Arts Institution Brown University Area of Study American Civilization

Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
Member, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Information
Research Interests:
Dr. Montero's research interests include the improvement of clinical outcomes in patients with breast cancer through the development of novel targeted therapies. He has been the principal investigator in over 30 clinical trials and has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications. He has a particular interest in immune-based therapies in breast cancer and other solid malignancies, and better understanding the various mechanisms by which tumors evade the immune system. Dr. Montero also has a keen interest in process improvement in oncology to develop more effective and efficient treatment strategies in breast cancer that lead to better clinical outcomes and, ultimately, superior quality of care for patients.

External Appointments
Medical Director, Seidman Cancer Center Clinical Trials Unit University Hospitals
Clinical Director, Breast Cancer Program University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center

Assistant Professor, Community Dentistry
Director, Geriatric Dental Program Lifelong Smiles
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Geriatric Dental Education and Clinical Care
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Community Outreach

Research Information
Recent Funding
Title: Geriatric Dental Program
Sponsor: The First Energy Foundation 
Amount: $100,000
Project Period: 07/2022-07/2024

Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery Case Western Reserve University
Master of Public Health Case Western Reserve University
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
General Practice Residency Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Additional Information
Fellow 鈥� Special Care Dentistry Association
Clinical Director 鈥� Special Olympics / Special Smiles

Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Research Interests
Dr. Rajagopalan completed clinical and research fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and vascular biology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Rajagopalan is among an elite group of physician investigators whose work has help transform perceptions and facilitate understanding of the global impact of chronic diseases including diabetes. He has additionally made seminal contributions towards the development of next generation therapeutic modalities for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and is a leading authority in advancing newer and innovative non-invasive approaches for the diagnosis of complex cardiovascular disorders.

Dr. Rajagopalan鈥檚 laboratory has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Rajagopalan is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC) and the Association of Professors of Cardiology (APC). Additional honors include the William Keating Award from the American College of Cardiology, the Charles Dana Award and being voted amongst the Best Doctors in America.

Dr. Rajagopalan has published over than 250 original peer reviewed research publications in journals such as JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Circulation Research, in addition to more than 300 reviews, book chapters and abstracts. He has served as an editor for at least two textbooks and several monographs on vascular disease and atherosclerosis.

External Appointments
Division Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Publications
The NIEHS TaRGET II Consortium and environmental epigenomics. Wang T, Pehrsson EC, Purushotham D, Li D, Zhuo X, Zhang B, Lawson HA, Province MA, Krapp C, Lan Y, Coarfa C, Katz TA, Tang WY, Wang Z, Biswal S, Rajagopalan S, Colacino JA, Tsai ZT, Sartor MA, Neier K, Dolinoy DC, Pinto J, Hamanaka RB, Mutlu GM, Patisaul HB, Aylor DL, Crawford GE, Wiltshire T, Chadwick LH, Duncan CG, Garton AE, McAllister KA; TaRGET II Consortium, Bartolomei MS, Walker CL, Tyson FL. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 Mar 6;36(3):225-227. doi: 10.1038/nbt.4099.
Short-Term Blood Pressure Responses to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposures at the Extremes of Global Air Pollution Concentrations. Huang W, Wang L, Li J, Liu M, Xu H, Liu S, Chen J, Zhang Y, Morishita M, Bard RL, Harkema JR, Rajagopalan S, Brook RD. Am J Hypertens. 2018 Feb 2. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpx216. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29409056
2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Brook RD, Rajagopalan S.J Am Soc Hypertens. 2018 Mar;12(3) PMID: 29396104
Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension: Translating Pathophysiological Concepts Into Clinical Practice. Naeije R, Saggar R, Badesch D, Rajagopalan S, Gargani L, Rischard F, Ferrara F, Marra AM, D' Alto M, Bull TM, Saggar R, Gr眉nig E, Bossone E.Chest. 2018 Jan 31. pii: S0012-3692(18)30161-2. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.01.022. PMID: 29382472
CITED2 restrains pro-inflammatory macrophage activation and response. Kim GD, Das R, Rao X, Zhong J, Deiuliis JA, Ramirez-Bergeron DL, Rajagopalan S, Mahabeleshwar GH. Mol Cell Biol. 2017 Dec 4. pii: MCB.00452-17. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00452-17. PMID: 29203644
Noncoding RNAs in Cardiovascular Disease: Pathological Relevance and Emerging Role as Biomarkers and Therapeutics. Gangwar RS, Rajagopalan S, Natarajan R, Deiuliis JA. Am J Hypertens. 2018 Jan 12;31 PMID: 29186297
Canagliflozin and Cardiovascular and Renal Events in Type 2 Diabetes. Rajagopalan S, Brook R. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 23;377(21):2098-9.No abstract available.  PMID: 29182250
Inhalation Exposure to PM2.5 Counteracts Hepatic Steatosis in Mice Fed High-fat Diet by Stimulating Hepatic Autophagy. Qiu Y, Zheng Z, Kim H, Yang Z, Zhang G, Shi X, Sun F, Peng C, Ding Y, Wang A, Chen LC, Rajagopalan S, Sun Q, Zhang K. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 24;7(1):16286. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16490-3. PMID: 29176715 Free PMC Article
Monocyte DPP4 Expression in Human Atherosclerosis Is Associated With Obesity and Dyslipidemia. Rao X, Deiuliis JA, Mihai G, Varghese J, Xia C, Frieman MB, Sztalryd C, Sun XJ, Quon MJ, Taylor SI, Rajagopalan S, Zhong J.Diabetes Care. 2018 Jan;41(1)Epub 2017 Nov 10. PMID: 29127241
Effect of Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Oxidative Stress Pathways. Rao X, Zhong J, Brook RD, Rajagopalan S. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018 Mar 20;28(9):797-818. Epub 2017 Dec 12. PMID: 29084451
Extreme levels of ambient air pollution adversely impact cardiac and central aortic hemodynamics: the AIRCMD-China study. Liu S, Brook RD, Huang W, Fan Z, Xu H, Wu R, Sun Z, Zhao X, Ruan Y, Yan J, Sun L, Liang R, Lian H, Gu D, Rajagopalan S. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2017 Nov;11(11):754-761.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2017.09.009. Epub 2017 Sep 28. PMID: 29031802
The Role of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Inflammation: Focus on Kidney and Vasculature. Belden Z, Deiuliis JA, Dobre M, Rajagopalan S. Am J Nephrol. 2017;46(4):298-314.  Epub 2017 Oct 10. PMID: 29017166
Personal-level exposure to environmental temperature is a superior predictor of endothelial-dependent vasodilatation than outdoor-ambient level. Ejike C, Wang L, Liu M, Wang W, Morishita M, Bard RL, Huang W, Harkema J, Rajagopalan S, Brook RD. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2017 Nov;11(11):746-753.e1.  Epub 2017 Sep 28. PMID: 28989070
Cardiovascular evaluation and management of iron overload cardiomyopathy in sickle cell disease. Ginwalla M, AlMasoud A, Tofovic D, Alin T, Al-Kindi S, Oliveira G, Rajagopalan S, Schilz R, Little J. Am J Hematol. 2018 Jan;93(1)Epub 2017 Oct 23.  PMID: 28971490
Design of the exercise MRI evaluation of HIV-pulmonary arterial hypertension longitudinal determinants (EXALTED) trial. Alaiti MA, Goud A, Ramani G, Bagchi S, Al-Kindi S, Sawicki S, Longenecker C, Jenkins T, Pauza D, Park M, McComsey G, Simonetti O, Hoit B, Rajagopalan S. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2017 Nov;18(11):888-896. PMID: 28937582
Stressed About Air Pollution: Time for Personal Action. Brook RD, Rajagopalan S. Circulation. 2017 Aug 15;136(7):628-631.   PMID: 28808145
Cancer risks of anti-hyperglycemic drugs for type 2 diabetes treatment - a clinical appraisal. Vora J, Ray K, Kosiborod M, Poulter NR, Rajagopalan S, Leiter LA. J Diabetes Complications. 2017 Sep;31(9):1451-1457. Epub 2017 Jun 15. Review. PMID: 28655490
Air Pollution and Cardiometabolic Disease: An Update and Call for Clinical Trials. Brook RD, Newby DE, Rajagopalan S. Am J Hypertens. 2017 Dec 8;31(1):1-10. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpx109. PMID: 28655143
The regulatory role of DPP4 in atherosclerotic disease. Duan L, Rao X, Xia C, Rajagopalan S, Zhong J. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2017 Jun 15;16(1):76. Review. PMID: 28619058 Free PMC Article
Design of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism in Diabetic Atherosclerosis (MAGMA) Trial. Rajagopalan S, Alaiti MA, Broadwater K, Goud A, Gaztanaga J, Connelly K, Fares A, Shirazian S, Kreatsoulas C, Farkouh M, Dobre M, Fink JC, Weir MR. Clin Cardiol. 2017 Sep;40(9) Epub 2017 May 26.
Education
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) University of Madras, India 1988
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
Residency in Internal Medicine Erie County Medical Center 1994
Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease Emory University Hospital 1998
Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine Cornell University 2002
Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine Duke University Medical Center 2004
Additional Information
1990-1994: Assistant Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo
1994: Chief Medical Resident, VA Medical Center, SUNY at Buffalo.
1994-1998: Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
1998-2003: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2001-2003:  Co-Director, Vascular Medicine Training Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2003-2006: Director Cardiovascular MR and CT Imaging, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
2006-2013:Professor of Medicine (With Tenure), the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2006-2013: Director of Vascular Medicine, Co-Director CT and MR Imaging Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2006-2013: Associate Director, Davis Heart Lung Research Institute, Columbus, OH
2013-2015:Head, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
2013-2016: Melvin Sharoky Endowed Professorship, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2016: Asst. Chair, Translational Research, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine
Director, Skin Study Center, School of Medicine

Teaching Interests
Specialties:
Cosmetic, Laser Dermatology, Photomedicine, General Dermatology

Research Information
Research Interests
Dr. Baron鈥檚 research lab main goal is to facilitate translational research in dermatology and photodermatology. This includes development of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoprotective strategies, as well as understanding mechanisms of disease and intervention in the context of investigator-initiated human studies.

The current areas of focus include:

Photodynamic therapy with silicon phthalocyanine Pc4 for neoplastic
Inflammatory (psoriasis) and infectious diseases of the skin
Analysis of effects of sunscreens and antioxidants in human skin
Oral probiotics and UV-induced cutaneous immunosuppression
Awards and Honors
Excellent Performance as Chief of Dermatology 2005 Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Outstanding Performance as Chief of Dermatology 2008 Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Helen Evans Midcareer Faculty Award 2011 School of Medicine
Teledermatology cited as Best Practices 2011 Department of Veterans Affairs
External Appointments
Associate Professor - Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University
Chief - Dermatology, VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Director - Photomedicine, Attending Medical Staff, Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio
Director - Skin Study Center, University Hospitals Research, Institute/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Clinical Program Director - VISN 10 Teledermatology
Acting Director - Skin Study Center, University Hospitals Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
Director - Dermatology for Primary Care Training, Firm B, Medicine Clinic, VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Publications
View Dr. Baron's publications in PubMed

View Dr. Baron's PubMed by Topic:
PDT, Photoprotection, Phototherapy, Photopheresis

Book Chapters:

Taylor CR and Baron ED. Guttate Psoriasis. In: William James (Chief Ed.) eMedicine: Dermatology. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corporation, 2000.
Taylor CR and Baron ED. Pustular Psoriasis. In: William James (Chief Ed.) eMedicine: Dermatology. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corporation, 2000.
Baron ED and Taylor CR. Solar Urticaria. In: William James (Chief Ed.) eMedicine: Dermatology. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corporation, 2000.
Baron ED. The immune system and carcinogenesis of basal and squamous cell carcinomas. In: Jorge Reichrath (Chief Ed) Molecular mechanisms of basal and squamous cell carcinoma. 2006. Landes Bioscience/Springer, USA; pp 43-48.
Yu SH, Bordeaux JS, Baron ED. The immune system and skin cancer. In: Reichrath J, ed. Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer, Second Edition. Austin/NewYork: Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media, 2013; epub ahead of print http://www.landesbioscience.com/curie/chapter/5403/.
Books

Elma D. Baron, ed. Light-based therapies for skin of color. Springer Verlag publishers, London, 2009.
Education
MD University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
Dermatology Residency Philippine General Hospital/University of the Philippines, Manila
Clinical Fellowship in Photomedicine Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Research Fellowship in Photoimmunology Skin Study Center, Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland Research Institute/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Clinical Fellowship in Dermatology and Photobiology Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Internship in Internal Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Trainee: Certificate Course in The Advancing Manager Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information
Elma Baron, M.D. joined Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in 2003. Dr. Baron鈥檚 training, began at the University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, where she was accepted into the Dermatology Residency and became Chief Resident. She then entered fellowships in Clinical Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School followed by a fellowship in Dermatology, Photobiology, Translational and Cutaneous Oncology at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/VA Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Lasers & Photomedicine.

Dr. Baron is the Chief of the Dermatology Service at the VA Medical Center, Director of Photomedicine, at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, and Director of Translational Research Core & Skin Study Center, at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. As Chief of the Dermatology Service at the VA Medical Center, Dr. Baron pioneered Telemedicine to accommodate the needs of 13 Community Based Outpatient Centers serving a large region of Ohio veterans. As Director of Photomedicine, Dr. Baron is highly recognized for her expertise in diseases caused by light exposure, as well as for her expertise in therapeutics using various wavelengths of light for specific conditions. As Director of the Skin Study Center, Dr. Baron oversees a clinical research unit in which she has developed the capability to measure a suite of human skin physiologic and damage responses to quantifiable environmental stressors and injuries. As Director of Translational Research Core she interfaces with numerous investigators who wish to translate basic findings into studies using elicited responses normal human skin, or skin from patients with certain skin diseases or malignancies. Dr. Baron is highly committed to enabling research fellows and students to have a positive productive research experience to further their career development. She is heavily engaged in all aspects of our teaching mission. Her teaching is highly valued by the residents, who learn their basic surgical skills, medical dermatology, and phototherapeutic skills, including laser therapies, from Dr. Baron.

Dr. Baron鈥檚 academic area of focus is in Photomedicine, Translational Medicine, and Teledermatology. She is nationally recognized for her contributions to understanding how sunlight and specific wavelengths of light interact with skin and modify its structure and function in health, disease and premature aging.

Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Agnes Stahlin Baun Endowed Scholar

Teaching Interests
Qualitative Research in Nursing
Practice-Focused inquiry
Sleep Physiology
Research Information
Research Interests
Cardiovascular health disparities and environmental justice
Biobehavioral technology-based interventions to support sleep self-management and glucose regulation
The role of sleep and the circadian system in glucose regulation
Type 1 Diabetes
 

Research Projects
Current

Griggs, S. (2020-2024). Pathway to Independence Award K99/R00: Sleep, Glycemia, and Self-Management in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. NINR, K99NR018886. Role: Principal Investigator
Completed

Griggs, S. (2020-2021). Bridge to Success Award for Early Career Investigators: Sleep, Self-Management, and Glycemia in Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes. American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), 220-BS-19. Role: Principal Investigator.
Griggs, S. (2019-2020). Feasibility Study of Sleep, Self-Management, and Glycemia in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Sigma Theta Tau International. Role: Principal Investigator
Griggs, S. (2016-2017). The Relationship Between Hope, Core Self-Evaluations, Emotional Well-Being, Sexual Risk Taking, Substance Use, and Academic Performance in Freshman University Students. Beta Zeta-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Dissertation Award & Massachusetts Society of Professors. Role: Principal Investigator.
Link to Research Page

Awards and Honors
Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award 2023 Midwest Nursing Research Society
Fellow 2022 American Academy of Nursing
Early Career Reviewer Program 2022 Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health
Health Promoting Behaviors Across Lifespans New Investigator Award 2022 Midwest Nursing Research Society
Sage Best Faculty Paper Award 2021 Western Journal of Nursing Research/Midwest Nursing Research Society
Self-Care New Investigator Award 2021 Midwest Nursing Research Society
Young Investigators Research Forum Scholar 2019 American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Huffman Splane Emerging Scholar 2017 University of Toronto
Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship 2017 University of Massachusetts Medical School
College Outstanding Teacher Award 2017 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Early Career Award 2014 Massachusetts Association of Colleges of Nursing
Publications
Link to Full Bibliography

Griggs S, Hernandez E, Bolton PJ, Strohl KP, Grey M, Kashyap SR, Li CS, Hickman RL. (In press). Cognitive behavioral sleep self-management intervention for young adults with type 1 diabetes (NCT04975230). Clinical Nursing Research. 
Griggs S, Al-Kindi S, Hardin H, Irani E, Rajagopalan S, Crawford SL, and Hickman RL. (2023). Socioeconomic deprivation and cardiometabolic risk factors in individuals with type 1 diabetes: T1D Exchange Data. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 
Griggs S, Pignatiello GA & Hickman RL. (2023). A composite measure of sleep health is associated with glycemic target achievement in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Sleep Research. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13784. 
Griggs S, Irani E, Strohl KP, Al-Kindi S, Rajagopalan S, Margevicius S, Hickman RL. (2022) Sleep health dimensions are associated with next day symptoms in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Sleep Health.
Griggs S, Horvat-Davey C, Howard Q, Pignatiello GA, Duwadi D. (2022) Socioeconomic deprivation, sleep health, and mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21), 14367 
Griggs S, Blanchette JE, Hickman RL Jr, Magny-Normilus C, Gorodeski Baskin R, Margevicius S, Hatipoglu B. (2022). Racial and ethnic cardiometabolic risk disparities in the T1D exchange clinic registry Cohort. Endocrine Practice. 28(12), 1237-1243. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.10.003. PMID: 36280025. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36280025/ 
Griggs S, Barbato E, Hernandez E, Gupta D, Margevicius S, Grey M, and Hickman RL. (2022) Glucose and unstructured physical activity coupling during sleep and wake in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Scientific Reports.12:5790. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09728-2. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8986774 
Griggs S, Grey M, Ash GI, Li CS, Crawford SL, & Hickman RL. (2022) Objective sleep-wake characteristics are associated with diabetes symptoms in young adults with type 1 diabetes. The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care. 48(3). PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9157415
Griggs S, Harper A, Pignatiello G, Hickman RL. (2022) 鈥淔eeling anxious about catching COVID鈥�: Facilitators and barriers of sleep among young adults with type 1 diabetes. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2032711. PMC9167230 
Griggs S, Harper, A & Hickman RL. (2022) A systematic review of sleep deprivation and neurobehavioral function in young adults. Applied Nursing Research. 63. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151552. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8766996 
Griggs S, Grey, M, Strohl KP, Crawford SL, Margevicius S, Kashyap S, Li CS, Rajagopalan, S, & Hickman RL. (2022). Variations in sleep characteristics and glucose regulation in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 107(3): e1085-e1095. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab771. PubMed PMC8852208 
Dong T, Harris K, Freedman D, Griggs S, Nasir K, Neeland IJ, Rajagopalan S, & Al-Kindi S. (2022) Food insecurity and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in adults with diabetes. Nutrition. 111865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2022.111865.
Griggs S, Barbato E, Hernandez E, Gupta D, Margevicius S, Grey M, and Hickman RL. (2022) Glucose and unstructured physical activity coupling during sleep and wake in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Scientific Reports.12:5790. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09728-2. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8986774
Griggs S, Grey M, Ash GI, Li CS, Crawford SL, & Hickman RL. (2022) Objective sleep-wake characteristics are associated with diabetes symptoms in young adults with type 1 diabetes. The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care. 48(3). PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9157415
Bevan G, Pandey A, Griggs S, Dalton JE, Zidar D, Patel S, Khan SU, Nasir K, Rajagopalan S, & Al-Kindi S. (2022) Neighborhood-level social vulnerability and prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease. Current Problems in Cardiology.
Griggs S, Harper A, Pignatiello G, Hickman RL. (2022) 鈥淔eeling anxious about catching COVID鈥�: Facilitators and barriers of sleep among young adults with type 1 diabetes. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2022.2032711. PMC9167230
Griggs S, Harper, A & Hickman RL. (2022) A systematic review of sleep deprivation and neurobehavioral function in young adults. Applied Nursing Research. 63. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151552. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8766996
Griggs S, Grey M, Toly VB, & Hickman, RL. (2021) Exploring sleep health in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Western Journal of Nursing Research: Sage Faculty Best Paper Award. 43(12):1169-1176. doi: 10.1177/01939459211037046. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8557120.
Griggs S, Hickman RL, Strohl KP, Redeker NS, Crawford SL, & Grey M. (2021) Sleep-wake characteristics, daytime sleepiness, and glycemia in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 17(9): doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9402. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8636341
Griggs S, Strohl KP, Grey M, Barbato E, Margevicius S, & Hickman RL. (2021) Circadian characteristics of the rest activity rhythm, executive function, and glucose fluctuations in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Chronobiology International. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2021.1932987.
Griggs S, Hickman RL, Strohl KP, Redeker NS, Crawford SL, & Grey M. (2021) [Epub ahead of print] Sleep-wake characteristics, daytime sleepiness, and glycemia in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 17(9): doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9402. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8636341
Ash GI, Griggs S, Nally LM, Stults-Kolehmainen M, Jeon S, Brandt C, Gulanski BI, Spanakis EK, Baker JS, Whittemore R, Weinzimer SA, Fucito LM. (In press) Evaluation of web-based and in-person methods to recruit adults with type 1 diabetes for a mobile exercise intervention: Prospective observational study. JMIR Diabetes. 
Nam S, Griggs S, Ash G, Dunton GF, Huang S, Batten J, Parekh N & Whittemore R. (2021) Ecological momentary assessment for health behaviors and contextual factors in persons with diabetes: A systematic review. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 174 (108745).
Griggs S, Redeker NS, Jeon S, & Grey M. (2020). Daily variations in sleep and glucose in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. 21:1493-1501. doi: 10.1111/pedi.13117.
Griggs, S, Whittemore, R, Redeker, NS, & Grey, M. (2020). Facilitators and barriers of sleep in young adults with type 1 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator. 46(3), 242-251. doi: 10.1177/0145721720916179. PubMed PMID: 32383625.
Griggs, S, Conley, S, Batten, J, & Grey, M. (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral sleep interventions for adolescents and emerging adults. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 54, 101356. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101356.
Griggs, S, Redeker, NS, Crawford, SL, & Grey, M. (2020). Sleep, self-management, neurocognitive function, and glycemia in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes: A research protocol. Research in Nursing and Health. 43, 317-328. doi: 10.1002/nur.22051. PubMed PMID: 32639059. 
Rechenberg, K, Griggs, S, Jeon, S, Redeker, NS, Klar Yaggi, H, & Grey, M. (2020). Sleep and glycemia in youth with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 34, 315-324. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.12.002. PubMed PMID: 32171612. PMCID: PMC7311270
Education
Doctor of Philosophy Nursing University of Massachusetts Medical School 2017
Master of Science Nursing Education American International College 2011
Bachelor of Science Nursing University of Massachusetts 2009
Associate of Science Nursing Holyoke Community College 2005
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Self and Family Management of Chronic Conditions Yale University, 2018-2020 (NINR, T32NR0008346)
Postdoctoral Traineeship, Sleep, Self-Management, and Glycemia in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Case Western Reserve University, 2020-2021 (NINR, K99NR018886)
Additional Information
Dr. Griggs is an Assistant Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is a sleep and circadian scientist studying the role of the sleep and circadian system in glucoregulation among young adults with type 1 diabetes. She is developing a cognitive-behavioral sleep self-management intervention to promote multiple sleep health dimensions and improve glycemic targets (SLEEPT1). Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research (K99NR018886/R00NR018886), American Academy of Sleep Medicine (220-BS-19), and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Dr. Wilson attends in the Outpatient Pulmonary Medicine Clinic, Medical Intensive Care Unit, and Pulmonary Consultation Service at Boston Medical Center. He also serves as the Chief of Documents and Medical Affairs for the American Thoracic Society (ATS), where he oversees the development of clinical practice guidelines and other official documents for the ATS.

Dr. Wilson is a clinical practice guideline methodologist who has expertise in appraising and summarizing evidence, and writing and grading evidence-based recommendations.  He has served as the chair or methodologist for numerous clinical practice guideline panels, runs the ATS guideline methodology training program, speaks publicly on topics related to evidence-based medicine, and teaches how to critically appraise the literature and apply evidence to clinical practice. As a result of his work, Dr. Wilson received a Presidential Commendation from the ATS in 2013 and 2017,  won the Boston University Pulmonary Center Teaching Award in 2009, and was named a Clinical Expert by the ATS in 2007. Dr. Wilson is the former editor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine for UpToDate, a popular online clinical reference.

Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Lead Faculty, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Teaching Interests
Advanced Practice Nursing
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Combination Programs NP Track
Inter-professional Activities
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Research Information
Research Interests
鈥嬧�嬧�婬ealth Promotion regarding Diet and Exercise in Adolescents
Inter-professional education
Inter-professional clinical work
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice Case Western Reserve University
Family Nurse Practitioner Case Western Reserve University
Master of Science in Nursing West Virginia University
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Mount Saint Joseph College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Rochester

After completion of medical school and a PhD at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Bhakta joined the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency program. With an undergraduate background in engineering and graduate work on T cell development, he was drawn to pulmonary and critical care medicine early given the combination of physiology and immunology present in this specialty. He also found the challenges in working with patients and families on critical illness rewarding. After completing fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine and a postdoctoral fellowship both at UCSF, Dr. Bhakta joined the faculty in 2013.

Clinical activities:
He attends in the Moffitt-Long Intensive Care Units, sees patients in the Chest Faculty Practice clinic on Parnassus Avenue where he also supervises fellows in their outpatient practice, and interprets pulmonary function tests as an attending in the Adult Pulmonary Function Laboratory, where he is also the Associate Director. He also sees patients in collaboration with the neuromuscular diseases clinic to manage respiratory systems and respiratory failure.

Research activities:
Research is another important and personally rewarding part of his career. He leads human trials to obtain clinical data and tissue samples to understand the molecular basis for variations in the presentation of asthma. His other work advances the application of pulmonary function testing. Through his experience in programming and quantitative modeling, he is able to work with genomic and detailed pulmonary function data. His research activities not only contribute to the scientific and medical communities, but also synergize with his delivery of evidence-based, patient-centered medicine.

Teaching activities:
He finds that his clinical and research activities enhance his performance as an educator. He is the Director of Education of the UCSF Adult Pulmonary Function Laboratory, where he oversees the education of MD pulmonary and critical care fellows in pulmonary physiology. In addition to this responsibility for the curriculum, he gives lectures and undertakes one-on-one teaching with fellows while interpreting tests. He gives recurring lectures to students, residents, and fellows, and engages in bedside teaching when attending in the Intensive Care Units. He is a site director and Coach in the Pulmonary Fellowship Training Program. To stay current, he participates in manuscript reviews for journals and has authored book chapters on asthma phenotypes, asthma exacerbations, and pulmonary function testing.

Professional Activities:
As a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Committee, he is committed to disseminating best practices for pulmonary function testing through technical standards and guidelines. He is co-chairing an update to the ATS/ERS lung volumes measurement technical standard. He also co-chaired an ATS Workshop to address the use of race/ethnicity in PFT interpretation.

Dr. Steiling is a Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician-Scientist with a longstanding interest in improving the ability to effectively detect, treat, and cure smoking-induced lung diseases such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She completed her fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Boston University Medical Center, and concurrently completed a Master of Science in Bioinformatics through the Boston University College of Engineering.

Dr. Steiling鈥檚 research centers on improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of lung cancer and COPD. Using the airway field of injury hypothesis, which posits that cigarette smoking induces molecular changes throughout the respiratory tract, she has studied alterations in the airway transcriptome that reflect the presence, susceptibility, and progression of smoking-induced lung diseases. She has used whole-genome expression profiling of the bronchial airway epithelium to describe the relationship between upper and lower airway gene expression, and leveraged this information to develop clinically-relevant biomarkers of lung cancer, COPD, and other diseases that affect the lung.

In addition to her translational research, Dr. Steiling has led the implementation of two important clinical programs focused on improving the early detection of lung cancer in at-risk individuals. She founded the Boston Medical Center Lung Nodule Clinic, a sub-specialty referral resource that supports the evidence-based evaluation of incidental pulmonary nodules detected by diagnostic and screening CT scans. She also led the implementation of a multi-disciplinary Lung Cancer Screening Program at Boston Medical Center. Her team was recognized with a 2016 Clinical Quality Improvement Award from the Boston University Medical Center Evans Foundation. She currently co-chairs the Boston Medical Center Lung Cancer Screening Steering Committee. Dr. Steiling sees patients in the Lung Nodule Clinic, multi-disciplinary Thoracic Oncology Clinic and attends in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston Medical Center.

Dr. Brentjens obtained an MD/PhD (microbiology) from SUNY Buffalo, completed a residency in medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital, and a medical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). As a medical oncology fellow during his training at MSKCC, Dr. Brentjens initiated the initial pre-clinical studies demonstrating the potential clinical application of autologous T-cells genetically modified to target the CD19 antigen through the retroviral gene transfer of artificial T-cell receptors termed chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Following the completion of his medical oncology training, Dr. Brentjens became the principal investigator of his own laboratory. As a PI, Dr. Brentjens successfully translated these studies to the clinical setting treating patients with relapsed CD19+ tumors including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Ongoing pre-clinical research in the laboratory is focused on the further development of CAR modified T-cells designed to overcome the hostile immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment through the generation of “armored CAR T-cells” currently being translated to the clinical setting as second-generation CAR modified T-cell clinical trials. Additionally, work in the Brentjens’ lab has expanded this CAR technology to target additional tumor antigens expressed on other malignancies including solid tumors. Positions Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Deputy Director Professor of Oncology Chair, Department of Medicine Department of Immunology The Katherine Anne Gioia Endowed Chair in Cancer Medicine Jacobs School Of Medicine And Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo Professor of Medicine Background Education and Training: 1996 - MD - The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 1996 - PhD - Microbiology and Immunology, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 1989 - BA - History, Davidson College, Davidson, NC Residency: 1996–1998 - Intern/Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Fellowship: 1998–2002 - Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 1998–2002 - Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), New York, NY Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), Medical Oncology 2019-2021 - NYS DOH Cert. of Qualification (Cellular Immunology) Professional Memberships: 2018–present - Member, American Society of Bone Marrow Transplant (ASBMT) 2016-present - Member, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Media Experts Subcommittee 2016–present - Member, European Academy for Tumor Immunology 2015–present - Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 2014–present - Member, International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) 2015–present - Member, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2013–present - Member Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) 2015–present - Member, European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) 2015–present - Member, European Hematology Association (EHA) 2015–present - Member, American Association of Immunologists (AAI) 2015–present - Member, European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) 2014–present - Member, Interurban Clinical Club 2011-present - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2009-present - Member, New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) 2002-present - Member, International Society of Analytical Cytology (ISAC) 2002-present - Member, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT formerly ASGT) 2000-present - Member, American Society of Hematology (ASH) 1999-present - Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 1997-present - Member, American College of Physicians (ACP) 1991-1995 - Member, American Society of Microbiology Honors & Awards: 2014 - NY Intellectual Property Law Association Inventor of the Year Award, New York Intellectual Property Law Association 2014 - Emerald Foundation Outstanding Investigator Award, Emerald Foundation 2014 - Distinguished Lecturer Award, Society of Hematological Oncology 2013 - Sir William Osler Young Investigator Award, Interurban Club 2009 - Outstanding New Investigator Award, American Society of Gene Therapy 2006-2011 - Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators Award, Damon Runyon 2005-2008 - Amgen Career Development Award, Amgen 2004 - Clinical Scientist Development, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2001 - Doris Duke Fellows Award Recipient for Translational Research, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 2000-2002 - Cure for Lymphoma (CFL) Research Grant Award Recipient, Cure for Lymphoma Foundation