New Brunswick, NJ, August 19, 2015 ― Please mark your calendar to join the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ) in honoring meritorious leadership in and contributions to New Jersey’s life sciences community at HINJ’s 2015 Life Sciences Celebration, which will be held Friday, October 30 at the Wyndham Garden Trenton from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Additional information — including HINJ’s 2015 honorees and online registration — will be announced shortly.
In 2014, HINJ honored:
- The Honorable Bob Franks Public Service Award: The Honorable Rush Holt, United States Representative, New Jersey (CD 12) (now retired)
- Research: Joachim Kohn, Ph.D., FBSE, Director, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- STEM Education: Students 2 Science, Inc.
- Patient Advocacy: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – New Jersey Chapter
At its inaugural Life Sciences Celebration in 2013, HINJ recognized:
- The Honorable Bob Franks Public Service Award: The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, former New Jersey Governor
- Special Recognition (In Memoriam): United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
- Special Recognition: Christopher J. Molloy, Ph.D., R.Ph., (then) Interim Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
- Research: Joseph R. Bertino, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey; University Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Interim Director, Rutgers Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Patient Advocacy: Debra L. Wentz, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc.
- STEM Education: Biotechnology High School, Monmouth County Vocational School District (Freehold, NJ)
To view a video from HINJ’s 2013 Celebration, click here.