Leadership

Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Directors

Victor Rizzo, PhD, FAHA
Interim Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science

Phone: 215-707-9863
Fax: 215-707-7198
Email: victor.rizzo@temple.edu

Dr. Rizzo earned a PhD from Rutgers’s University- New Jersey Medical School (formerly the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ) where he studied the structural features that govern microvascular permeability during angiogenesis. As a Postdoctoral Fellow, he investigated the role of endothelial cell caveolae in vascular signaling and mechanotransduction at Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rizzo joined the faculty at Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University in 2004 where he expanded his investigations into the mechanisms by which organelle signaling (caveolae, mitochondria and extracellular vesicles) contributes to vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and aneurysm formation. He has mentored many MS, PhD, MD/PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows, served as a past member of the graduate admissions and curriculum committees as well as co-Leader of the Organ Systems Cluster. Dr. Rizzo is also an active educator who teaches in the Medical, Dental, Physician Assistant and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs. Dr. Rizzo’s service within the University is noted through his past membership on the Institutional Care and Animal Use Committee as well as to the broader scientific community as a past member on several NIH and AHA grant review panels.

Scott K. Shore, PhD

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Postbaccalaureate Programs
Associate Professor, Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry 
Associate Professor, Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine

Phone: 215-707-5072
Fax: 215-707-7198
Email: sks@temple.edu

Dr. Shore joined the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University faculty in 1992 after completing his postdoctoral studies at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. As a member of the Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine and the Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Shore has mentored PhD and MS students in his laboratory and is an active lecturer in both graduate and professional school courses. Dr. Shore’s lab investigates the role of signaling in cancer, focusing on the Abl tyrosine kinase gene family. Dr. Shore has been actively involved with graduate students since his arrival at Temple. He was the recipient of the Dawn Marks Award for dedication to student life by the the School of Medicine Graduate Student Association. Dr. Shore was the graduate program director for the Molecular Biology and Genetics program before his appointment as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the School of Medicine in 2009. 2012 marks the beginning of the newly created Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program that was spearheaded by Dr. Shore along with Dr. Soprano. The Biomedical Science Graduate Program is a critical piece in the transformation of the School of Medicine into a destination for the training of the biomedical research workforce for years to come.