Dr. Kamal Khan is the Director of Success in the Sciences (SIS)/Project Beck; a Rutgers University campus-wide academic support program in math and science that assists economically disadvantaged and underrepresented mi nority students. In addition, he is the Associate Director for the Office for Di versity and Academic Success in the Sciences (ODASIS), a program that espe cially welcomes Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) and other qualifying students for academic support and advising, and a Lecturer for the Department of Africana Studies and the Division of Life Sciences at Rutgers University.
Under the direction of Dr. Khan, the SIS / Project Beck program serves over 900 students per year, an increase of 85% in only four years. As Associate Di rector of ODASIS, Dr. Khan coordinates a MCAT course for ACCESS-MED students supported by New Jersey Medical School. ACCESS-MED is a pro gram offered by Rutgers University, Seton Hall University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for undergraduate students. He has also implemented several enrichment programs for University College and high school students.
For his efforts in education, Dr. Khan has received the President’s Award for Excellence in Administration, Award for Excellence in Retention, the Rutgers Award for Programmatic Excellence in Undergraduate Education and the New Jersey Medical School Award of Recognition. Among his most recent awards are the Human Dignity Award, Award for Leadership in Diversity, and Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education. Dr. Khan shares his experiences and successful program implementation strategies at various conferences such as the National Technical Association Conference, the Tri-State EOF Consortium in Philadelphia, the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Conference, the Commission on Higher Education, the Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee, and the American Association of Medical Colleges.
Dr. Kamal Khan brings to his position a professional degree in medicine. He believes that, “In order to motivate a student you need to build a rapport with the student that consists of trust, relationship and confidence”. In the past two years, 65 out of 76 students from African-American and Latino descent were accepted into post-graduate education in the medical field, and 25 have graduated with their M.D.’s!