Brian L. Strom

Brian L. Strom (born December 8, 1949) is the Inaugural Chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, having taken office on December 2, 2013.[1] On July 18, 2013, Strom was named to be the first chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences by University President Robert L. Barchi.[2] Previously, Strom was the Executive Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.[3]

Brian L. Strom
Chancellor Brian L. Strom
1st Chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical Health and Sciences Executive Vice President for Health Affairs University Professor Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2013
Preceded by	Office Established
Personal details
Born	December 8, 1949 New York, New York
Spouse(s)	Elaine Strom
Children	Shayna Jordan
Alma mater	Yale University (B.S.) The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (M.D.) University of California, Berkeley (M.P.H.)
Website	http://rbhs.rutgers.edu/chancellor_info.shtml

Strom is a board-certified Internist[4] and Epidemiologist[5] with an M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[6]

Strom's appointment came as Rutgers was beginning to absorb most of the schools, programs, and facilities of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey following the approval of a merger proposal by the New Jersey Legislature and the Governor of New Jersey during the summer of 2012.[7]

Early life and education

Brian Leslie Strom was born on December 8, 1949, in New York City. He grew up Floral Park, New York and attended Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village. As an undergraduate, Strom attended Yale University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. After graduating, he received his Doctor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Following his medical internship and residency in Internal Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, he earned a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley while concurrently serving as an National Institutes of Health Research Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Career

In 1980, Strom joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine as an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pharmacology. In 1988, he earned tenure as an associate professor of medicine and was promoted to full professor in 1993. He was subsequently also named professor of biostatistics and epidemiology, pharmacology, and the George S. Pepper Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

At Penn, he contributed to the design and development of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN), which supported education for clinicians in underserved developing countries. In 1993, while serving as the director of the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Strom became founding director of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, which encourages collaboration among clinicians, biostatisticians, and epidemiologists in education and research for the benefit of clinical and community applications. He also became founding chair of a new Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology.

Additionally, Strom was the founding director of a new Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, giving PhD degrees, and developed a new Master's of Science in Clinical Epidemiology for clinicians.

In 2007, he was appointed vice dean for institutional affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine until 2012, when he became the executive vice dean for institutional affairs.[8]

Since 2013, Strom has held the position as the founding chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) as well as the executive vice president for health affairs at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Serving in these positions, Strom helped facilitate the successful integration of Rutgers and the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into one academic institution.

In July 2018, Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health announced the launch of their affiliation – for which Strom was an integral part of the planning and facilitation – part of which stipulated RWJBarnabas Health will invest upwards of one billion dollars into RBHS over the next 20 years.[9]

As of November 1, 2018, Strom was reappointed to another five-year term as chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences by University President Robert Barchi.[10]

Research

Strom's research has been in pharmacoepidemiology, which examines and addresses the use and effects of medications in populations. He is the editor of the field's major text, Pharmacoepidemiology,[11] now in its sixth edition, as well as editor-in-chief for the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology's journal, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.[12]

He has authored over 600 academic publications and was the principal investigator for more than 275 research grants.

Professional service

Strom has served on the board of directors of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the American College of Epidemiology, and the Association for Patient-Oriented Research. He also been a consultant for the US Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee[13] and has chaired various safety and pharmacoepidemiology-related evaluative committees for the Institute of Medicine. He served as the president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology in 1994.[14]

Honors

His honors include:

- American College of Physicians’ John Phillips Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Clinical Medicine

- The Naomi M. Kanof Clinical Investigator Award of the Society for Investigative Dermatology

- The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology’s Sustained Scientific Excellence Award

- The National Award for Career Achievement and Contribution to Clinical and Translational Science from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science/American Federation for Medical Research

- The American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics’ Oscar B. Hunter Career Award in Therapeutics.

Personal life

Strom is married to Elaine (Lani) Strom, who is a retired nurse cardiac clinical specialist. He has two adult children.

References

1. "Brian L. Strom to Become Inaugural Chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences". Rutgers Today. 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
2. NJ.com, NJ Advance Media for. "From the Ivy League to Rutgers: Brian Strom prepares to become health science chancellor". NJ.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
3. "Penn Medicine Appoints Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, as Executive Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs – PR News". www.pennmedicine.org. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
4. Strom, Brian. "Dr. Brian Strom, MD". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
5. NJ.com, NJ Advance Media for. "From the Ivy League to Rutgers: Brian Strom prepares to become health science chancellor". NJ.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
6. Strom, Brian. "Brian L. Strom". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
7. Staff, Star-Ledger. "N.J. lawmakers pass bill for Rutgers-Rowan-UMDNJ merger". NJ.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
8. DOBSON, ANNE. "News Brief: Strom appointed Penn Med vice dean". www.thedp.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
9. "RWJBarnabas Health And Rutgers University Announce New Partnership Creating The State's Premier Academic Health Care System". RWJBarnabas Health. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
10. "Brian Strom Has Been Reappointed as RBHS Chancellor | Office of the President". president.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
11. "Pharmacoepidemiology, 5th Edition". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
12. "Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety - Wiley Online Library". onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
13. Strom, Brian (2006-05-03). "American Medical Association" (PDF). JAMA. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
14. "History-pharmacoepi.org - International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology". www.pharmacoepi.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.