When Brian Strom looks back on his years as the first chancellor of Rutgers Health, he could easily point to major achievements – attracting billions in research support or building a top-tier academic health system – as defining his legacy. But as he readies to leave his post in December after 12 years in the role, Strom said the truest measure of his work lies in the new generation of health care workers and researchers he has guided and mentored.
“Science doesn’t end when our careers end,” said Strom, an epidemiologist and nationally recognized leader in clinical research training. “We need to think about who is going to succeed us, who is going to follow us, who is going to do better than we did. We want people who are smarter and better and trained in different ways to carry the fields to the next stage.”
Since his appointment in 2013, Strom has advised scores of medical professionals, colleagues who have gone on to lead their fields in internal medicine, epidemiology and more. At the University of Pennsylvania, where he was executive vice dean for institutional affairs before moving to Rutgers, Strom mentored more than 40 clinical research trainees. To read the full story.