PHRI :: Biography Associate Director for Programs and Development

Issar Smith, Ph.D. Associate Director for Programs and Development Public Health Research Institute Center UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School Professor Public Health Research Institute Center Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School ICPH Building 225 Warren Street Room W240N Newark, New Jersey 07103 Phone: (973) 854-3260 Phone: (973) 854-3101 e-mail: smithis@umdnj.edu
	Associate Director for Programs and Development Issar Smith is the Associate Director for Programs and Development at the PHRI Center, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He is involved in the development of new programs at the PHRI center (research, clinical and educational), the evaluation of existing programs, the recruitment of new faculty and the mentoring of young faculty in terms of the progress of research projects and critical evaluation of research grant applications, and the planning and organization of Institutional events such as the annual PHRI Symposium on Infectious Diseases Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Issar Smith's laboratory focusses on studying the genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence to better understand the processes by which the bacterium causes tuberculosis. For a detailed description on his research, please visit his laboratory's web page.