Dr. Glenn Rall is a Professor and Chief Academic Officer at the Fox Chase Cancer Center and Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia. As CAO, Rall oversees all education and mentoring activities at the Cancer Center, as well as our educational outreach programs into the community. Rall received his PhD at Vanderbilt, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Research Institute, after which he joined the Fox Chase faculty in 1995. For over 25 years, Rall's laboratory studied viral infections of the brain and the immune responses to those infections, with the goal of defining how viruses contribute to disease in humans, including cancer. His service to the scientific community includes membership on the Autism Speaks Scientific Advisory Board, Editor of the journal PLoS Pathogens, Program Chair of the American Society for Virology, and Chair of numerous NIH grant review panels. Rall is a co-author of the leading virology textbook, Principles of Virology, and at Fox Chase, he was a co-leader of the COVID Response Team.
Dr. Glenn Rall’s Projects and Accomplishments
Faculty Appointments and Promotions: manage the process of appointments and promotions to our five research and clinical “tracks”- Faculty Development: coordinate all mentoring committees, career development materials and courses, and conduct annual 1:1 meetings with all 260 faculty annually.
- Campus Celebrations: organize the annual New Faculty reception (usually in the Winter) and the Promoted Faculty reception (usually in the early Summer).
- Institutional Official, Institutional Review Board: oversee our program for Human Research Protection Plan, as well as the IRB which approves all protocols that pertain to research with human specimens or information.
- Assistant Dean, Lewis Katz School of Medicine: represent Fox Chase faculty at the Medical School Dean Team; organize and host system-wide mentoring meetings for Assistant Professors.
- Professional Conduct and Ethics: Coordinate inquiries and investigations involved alleged scientific misconduct.
- Clinical/Clinical Science: Support all efforts regarding our professional trainees, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, and clinical residents and fellows.
How will you connect with Dr. Rall at Fox Chase?
Although most of my interactions are with faculty, one of the best parts of my career at Fox Chase was managing the graduate student and postdoctoral fellow program, so if I can help in any way (or you just want to introduce yourself!), reach out to me at [email protected]. You can also connect with me on LinkedIn: