INSPIRE Fellowship Faculty

INSPIRE Fellowship Program

Following the National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ renewal of funding, New Jersey City University will continue its collaborative postdoctoral training program with Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The program, known locally as INSPIRE (New Jersey/New York for Science Partnerships in Research and Education), is one of only 22 Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRACDA) programs in the country.

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Present NJCU INSPIRE faculty:

  • Dr.. Cindy Arrigo
  • Dr. Howard Singer
  • Dr. Freda Wasserstein-Robbins
  • Dr. Maria Lynn

and past INSPIRE faculty:

  • Dr. Mulugeta Assefa
  • Dr. Jane Webber
  • Dr. Gloria Boseman
  • Dr. Brian Hurwitz
  • Dr. Catherine Raissiguier
  • Dr. Lilliam Rosado-Hollenbach
  • Ken Yamaguchi

Present INSPIRE postdocs:

  • Dr. Benjamin Griffel
  • Dr. Keith Feigenson
  • Dr. Matthew Roche
  • Dr. David Swope
  • Dr. Krishna Tobon

and past postdoc: Dr. Eric Ho

Dr. Keith Feigenson
Education: B.A. Psychology, Concentration in Neural and Behavioral Sciences, 2004, Ph.D. Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
Research Interests: Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Abnormal Psychology

Dr. Benjamin Griffel
Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University 2005, M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University 2007, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, UMDNJ joint program with Rutgers University, 2011
Research Interests: Biomedical Signal Processing, Nonlinear Dynamics, Heart Rate Variability

Faculty

Dr. Cindy Arrigo
Principal Investigator
Education: Ph.D. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2002
Postdoctoral Training: New Jersey Medical School, 2002-2005
Visiting Research Collaborator: Princeton University, 2008-2010 graphy
Research Interests: DNA Replication, Segregation and Structure

Dr. Freda Wasserstein-Robbins
Education: Ph.D. Polytechnical Institute of New York in Physics
Research Interests: Math Modeling and Disease Processes

Dr. Howard Singer
Education: Ph.D. Tufts University, 1970
Postdoctoral Training: Universite de Paris-Sud, France, 1982 Biography
Research Interests: Cell Wall Autolysis

Former Fellows
Dr. Eric Ho, is now an Assistant Professor of Biology at Lafayette