Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute
The HLI is a transformational, leadership development program for higher education professionals. The HLI is dedicated to creating and sustaining a community of leaders with a special focus on self-knowledge, institutional awareness, networking, and the practical application of lessons for achieving excellence in higher education. The course provides a concentrated training program to assist participants in mid to senior-level positions in academia to prepare them to assume senior leadership roles, and to enhance their leadership as decision-makers at all levels of the institution.
Previous Awardees
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences has sponsored up to three outstanding candidates since 2015 to attend the HERS Institute. The candidates were selected from a pool of highly qualified applicants by a committee of faculty recruited from schools within RBHS. The following were the winning candidates we supported:
2026
Judith Deutsch, PhD, School of Health Professions
Karen Shapiro, PhD, School of Health Professions
Kei Wong, MD, New Jersey Medical School
2025
Christine Repsha, PhD, RN, School of Nursing
Heba Elkassaby, BDS, DMD, MDSc., Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Yosayra Solano, EdD, School of Nursing
2024
Bianca Thompson-Owen, MA, School of Health Professions
Evelyne Kalyoussef, MD, FACS, New Jersey Medical School
Wendy Purcell, PhD, FRSA, School of Public Health
2023
Jaya Satagopan, PhD, School of Public Health
Michelle Dalla Piazza, MD, New Jersey Medical School
Rajita Bhavaraju, MPH, New Jersey Medical School
2022
Laura Liang, DrPH, CHES, CPH, School of Public Health
Sophia Chen, DO, MPH, ACUE, New Jersey Medical School
Stephanie Bonne, MD, FACS, New Jersey Medical School
2020
Diane P. Calello, MD, FACMT, FAAP, FAACT, New Jersey Medical School
Emily Barrett, PhD, School of Public Health
Payal Parikh, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Vaishali Singhal, DMD, PhD, MS, School of Health Professions
2019
Ann Murphy, PhD, CPRP, School of Health Professions
Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD, RD, School of Health Professions
Leslie Kantor, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health
2018
Archana Pradhan, MD, MPH, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Sharon Anderson, DNP, MS, School of Nursing
Teri Lassiter, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health
2017
Evelyn Hermes–DeSantis, PharmD, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Marian Passanante, PhD, School of Public Health
2016
Carol Lutz, PhD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Emine Abali, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Sharon Manne, PhD Rutgers Cancer Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2015
Barbara Gladson, PhD, Rutgers School of Health Professions
Shawna Hudson, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Monica Roth, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School