University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Notable Alumni and Faculty

Notable Alumni and Faculty

• Marilyn Kozak, RWJMS Professor of Biochemistry, discoverer of the Kozak consensus sequence
• Robert A. Schwartz, NJMS Chairman of Dermatology, co-discoverer of the Schwartz-Burgess Syndrome
• Sandra Leiblum, RWJMS Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, first to describe Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder
• Paul J. Lioy, RWJMS Professor of Occupational and Community Medicine, author of "DUST: The Inside Story of Its Role in the September 11th Aftermath" (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
• Sidney Pestka, RWJMS Professor of Microbiology, and Immunology, known as the "father of interferon" for his groundbreaking work developing antiviral treatments for hepatitis B and C
• Arthur C. Upton, RWJMS Clinical Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, former director of the National Cancer Institute
• Eric F. Wieschaus, Nobel-Prize Winning Biologist and RWJMS Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry