Series and Events

WISE- Lecture series

 

Tuesday, February 27 at 12:30 pm

Mayara Matos, PhD – Staff Fellow Biologist

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Research focus: Use and development of methods that address food safety and authentication

 

Tuesday, April 23 at 12:30 pm

Gloria Post, PhD, DABT – Research Scientist

NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Research focus: Health effects of specific chemicals (e.g., PFAS/”forever chemicals”), toxicology, and risk assessment

 


Emails with locations and/or Zoom links will be sent to all CoSH students prior to each event.

Past Events

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Karen Nolan, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research; Kessler Institute,
"The Physics of Human Movement: Biomechanics, Robotics and Rehabilitation Research"
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Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, NE
"In the pursuit of modeling human disease in mice"
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Michala L. Phillips, Ph.D.
Research Ecologist, USGS
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawai‘i National Park, HI
"A Confluence of Extremes: Trajectories and Tipping Points of Terrestrial Ecosystems"
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Esther Babady, Ph.D., D(ABMM), FIDSA, F(AAM)
Chief, Clinical Microbiology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Nathalie May, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine)
"Navigating Academic Medicine: One Internist's Journey"
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Irene Bondar, MBA (Global, Chief Technology Officer, Neo Media World)
"Careers in digital advertising for STEM students"
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Charnette Frederic, MHA, LNHA (QCA Manager, Novartis Pharmaceuticals; PhD Candidate, Seton Hall University; Councilwoman, Irvington, NJ)
"Science and politics: How to impact local government"
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Dr. Sharon Neal, PhD (Associate Professor University of Delaware)
"Finding Hidden Signals in Spectral Data and Other Journeys"
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Dr. Lindsay Wray, PhD (Director of Beauty and Personal Care Research Bolt Threads)
"Find Your Career by Following Your Passion: a Scientist's Journey From Academics to the Beauty and Cosmetics Industry"
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Viviana Simon, MD, PhD (Professor, Dept. of Microbiology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
"SARS-COV-2 in the City"
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Jennifer J.D. Morrissette, PhD, FACMG (Scientific Director, Clinical Cancer Cytogenetics Clinical Director, Center for Personalized Medicine)
"Past, Present and Future: Cytogenetics and Genomics in Clinical Management of Oncology Patients"
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Dr. Esmeralda Ramirez-Peña, PhD, MPH (Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute)
"A Scientific Journey Conquering Imposter Syndrome with Inspiration, Resilience, and a Love for Science"
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Christine Gabbard (Sr. Customer Solutions Manager, Amazon)
"My Journey from WPU to Silicon Valley: 25 Years of Lessons Learned"
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Dr. Hong Ren, PhD (Associate Principle Scientist, Merck)
"Process R&D: Green and Sustainable Chemistry for Manufacturing on Scale"

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Dr. Monika Vnuk, MD (Senior Executive, VP of Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer)
"How to Have a Satisfying Career: Learn, Contribute, and Make Money"

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Dr. Allegra LeGrande (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University)
"Volcanoes and the Climate System"

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Dr. Ismée Williams ( Pediatric Cardiologist)
"Predictors of Neurodevelopment Outcome in Children Born With Congenital Heart Disease"

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"Panel Discussion with Scientists from BD Life Sciences"

Dr. Jean Fuller-Stanley (Associate Dean)

" College of Science and Health, WP"


Dr. Renuka Sankaran (Associate Professor)

" Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY"


Dr. Stefanie Brachfeld

"One good decision, no matter what."


Deborah Sheffield (Career Counselor at WPU) 

"Careers in the Fields of Math, Biology, and Chemistry"


Kuljit Chima (Dermatologist)

"Non-surgical facial rejuvenation"


Dr. Malika Jeffries - EL (Iowa State University)

"Adventures in Organic Synthesis: How Carbon can Change the World"


Dr. Ala Saadeghevziri (Newark College of Engineering & NJIT)

"Engineering Careers and Programs at NJIT"


Dr. Yvonne Cangelosi (VP Sales & Marketing, SPEX, CertiPrep Inc.

"A Woman's Journey in the Field of Science"


Dr. Eliza Michalopoulou (NJIT)

"Computational Mathematics: Research Activities in Ocean Acoustics and Beyond"


Dr. Daniela Shebitz (Kean University)

"Learning to play with dirt.. professionally"


Dr. Patricia Kenschaft (Montclair State University)

"MATH: A Life Journey"


Mondana Yazdi, M.D. (Pediatrician)

"Woman and Achievement: Challenges and Perseverance"


Quest Diagnosis (trip)

Dr. Yvone Lue, the director of Microbiology and Virology offered her services and took our group around the facilities explaining what each of the several departments’ responsibilities.


UMDNJ (trip)

Toured of the labs along with a talk in stem cell research was incorporated.


Kessler Foundation (trip)


SPEX Certiprep Company (trip)


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