Faculty & Staff
WALTER N. DURÁN, Ph. D.
Titles
Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Professor of Surgery
Director, Program in Vascular Biology
UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ
Education
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación, Profesor de Biología
- Duke University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology
Professional Activities
- President, The Microcirculatory Society (2000-2001)
- Chairman/member, AHA Peer Review Subcommittee, Research Program and Evaluation Committee (1997-2000)
- Member, Awards Committee, American Physiological Society (1999–2003)
- 1995 UMDNJ University Excellence Award in Biomedical Research.
- 1983 – 1988 Established Investigator of the American Heart Association
- Associate Editor, Microvascular Research
- Editorial Board member, Microcirculation
- Editorial Board member, American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology
- Member, Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health (2002–2006)
- Principal Investigator of NIH and AHA research grants
- 2003 Fulbright Scholarship (August 4 - December 10)
- 2003 Eugene M. Landis Award, The Microcirculatory Society
Office
MSB H-633, New Jersey Medical School.
If you have any questions regarding the Program in Vascular Biology at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School you may call Dr. Durán's office at 973-972-4372 or e-mail him at duran@njms.rutgers.edu.
