HINJ Recognition Awards

2016 Special Recognition Award

Barry R. Komisaruk, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Rutgers University Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor
Director, NIH-Minority Biomedical Research Support Program, Rutgers-Newark

Dr. Barry R. Komisaruk’s research is generating new hope for people in pain and other sensory disorders.  His commitment to science education for students at all levels, combined with his distinguished research and publication record, has won the professor numerous awards.  He joined the faculty at Rutgers University-Newark in 1966.

The NIH-Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program aims to help fill the nation’s shortage of minority men and women in biomedical research careers.  Funding is provided by a grant under the Institutional Minority Student Development (IMSD) Program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), plus a supplement from Rutgers University.