Nancy D. Connell, PhD

Associate Member, Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research

Professor & Director for Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Nancy D. Connell is Professor and Director for Research in the Division of Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. A Harvard University Ph.D. in Microbiology, Dr. Connell?s major research focus is antibacterial drug discovery in respiratory pathogens such as M. tuberculosis and B. anthracis; recent work also focuses on the use of predatory bacteria as novel therapeutics for bacterial infections. She is Director of the Biosafety Level Three Facility of R-NJMS?s Center for Emerging Pathogens and chairs Newark?s Institutional Biosafety Committee. Dr. Connell has been continuously funded by the NIH, the DoD and industry since 1993 and serves on or has chaired many NIH review panels. She has served on >15 committees of the National Academy of Sciences, e.g., the Committee to Review the Scientific Approaches used in the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus anthracis Mailings (2011). Dr. Connell has considerable experience and interest in pedagogy, focusing on the responsible conduct of research: she is currently chairing NRC ?Standing Committee for Faculty Development for Education about Research with Dual Use Issues in the Context of Responsible Science and Research Integrity?, which has directed sustainable training workshops held across the Middle East and North Africa. Dr. Connell was recently appointed to the Board on Life Sciences of the National Academies of Sciences.