Research | Associate Director

 Elizabeth Roemer, MA

Associate Director of Research

Elizabeth J. Roemer, MA is the Associate Director of Research and has been responsible for developing and maintaining the Division of Research in the Ob/Gyn Department at Stony Brook Medicine since 2011. Ms. Roemer has over thirty-five years of experience in biomedical research. Prior to joining Ob/Gyn, she was a Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer in both the Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry & Cellular Biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. There, in addition to her own research, she was responsible for managing a large and diverse translational medicine laboratory that specialized in a variety of topics related to inflammation and metastasis with primary emphasis on proteinases and inhibitors. She has participated in, and often managed, a wide range of interdisciplinary projects that included both University and Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University colleagues as well as industry stakeholders. Ms. Roemer is also a longtime member of the American Society for Cell Biology, The New York Academy of Sciences, and The Society for In Vitro Biology.

Ms. Roemer is the primary point-of-contact between the Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Research and the SUNY Research Foundation Offices and the Stony Brook Office of Vice President for Research (OVPR). She also facilitates interaction with other academic and administrative units on and off campus and extramural sponsors. She aids faculty and residents in developing their research interests, facilitates meetings with other investigators to discuss common interests, fosters inter-departmental and inter-institutional collaborative research efforts and establishes, expands and supports research collaborations. Ms. Roemer identifies and tracks funding opportunities from a wide array of sources and works with faculty to develop strategies and proposals for grant and clinical research funding. She coordinates grant proposals, contracts and renewals; editing and formatting grant proposals. She is our key resource to identify and obtain auxiliary services and assistance for the research enterprise.

Education

Degree(s): BA, Biology, Buffalo State University College, New York, 1976
MA, Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1987

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Research Interests

Interdisciplinary Research
Translational Biomedicine
In Vitro human tissue models
Protein-Proteinase Interactions and Chemically Modified Tetracyclines
Interstitial Extracellular Matrix
Cytoskeleton

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Collaborators

Current (selected)

Lisa Marie Johnson, PT, DPT, OCS, WCS, CSCS
Marci Lobel, PhD, Professor, Social and Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University
Brittain Mahaffey, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University
Maricedes Acosta-Martinez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University
Greg Hajcak Proudfit, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University
Lisa Rosenthal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Pace University

Former (selected)

Peter Brink, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University
Larry Golub, DMD, MSc, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Oral Biology and Pathology, Stony Brook University
MatTek Corporation
Nastech Pharmaceutical
Maria Ryan, DDS, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Biology and Pathology, Stony Brook University
Kasia Sawicka, PhD, Research Associate, Stony Brook University; Founder and President, ImmunoMatrix
Martin Schoonen, PhD, Professor, Departmetn of Geosciences, Stony Brook University
Sanford Simon, PhD, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Pathology, Stony Brook University

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Honors and Grants (Selection)

Graduate Fellowshop, Hofstra University, 1983
Distinguished Service Award, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2001
Distinguished Service Award, Student Affairs and Education, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2003
Cellular Toxicology Fellow Award, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2004
Distinguished Service Award, Outstanding Service, Society for In Vitro Biology, 2012

See Ms. Roemer's complete CV at SciENcv

Publications and Presentations (Selection)

1.	Alipio Z, Liao W, Roemer EJ, Waner M, Fink LM, et al. Reversal of hyperglycemia in diabetic mouse models using induced-pluripotent stem (iPS)-derived pancreatic beta-like cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010 Jul;107(30):13426-31.	[PubMed]	[Full Text]
2.	Kocer SS, Matic M, Ingrassia M, Walker SG, Roemer E, et al. Effects of anthrax lethal toxin on human primary keratinocytes. J Appl Microbiol. 2008 Dec;105(6):1756-67.	[PubMed]
3.	Knockenhauer KE, Sawicka KM, Roemer EJ, Simon SR. Protective antigen compositenanofibers as a transdermal anthrax vaccine. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.2008;2008:1040-3	[PubMed]
4.	Gu Y, Lee HM, Roemer EJ, Musacchia L, Golub LM, Simon SR. Inhibition of tumor cell invasiveness by chemically modified tetracyclines. Curr Med Chem. 2001 Feb;8(3):261-70.	[PubMed]
5.	Coleman JL, Roemer EJ, Benach JL. Plasmin-coated borrelia Burgdorferi degrades soluble and insoluble components of the mammalian extracellular matrix. Infect Immun 1999 Aug;67(8):3929-36.	[PubMed]	[Full Text]
6.	Maliya SK, Hall JE, Lee HM, Roemer EJ, Simon SR, Golub LM. Interaction of matrix metalloproteinases with serine protease inhibitors. New potential roles of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1994 Sep 6;732:303-14.	[PubMed]
7.	Brink Pr, Walcott B, Roemer EJ, Grine E, Pastor M, Christ GJ, Cameron RH. Cholinergic modulation of immunoglobulin secretion from avian plasma cells: the role of calcium. J Neuroimmunol. 1994 May;51(2):113-21.	[PubMed]
8.	Walcott B, Cameron R, Grine E, Roemer EJ, Pastor M, Brink PR. Anti-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-like immunoreactivity in lacrimal glands. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1994;350:61-5.	[PubMed]
9.	Cameron RH, Walcott B, Fan SF, Pastor M, Roemer E, Grine E, Brink PR. Second messenger modulation of IgG secretion from chicken lacrimal gland. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1994;350:133-9.	[PubMed]
10.	Brink PR, Walcott B, Roemer EJ, Cameron R, Pastor M. The role of membrance channels in IgG secretion by plasma cells in the chicken lacrimal gland. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1994;350:151-6.	[PubMed]

See Ms. Roemer's Full Bibliography at the National Center for Biotechnology Information

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