Kenneth Olden

Founding and Acting Dean of the proposed School of Public Health at the City University of New York

Kenneth Olden has been the Founding and Acting Dean of the proposed School of Public Health at the City University of New York since 2008. Dr. Olden is a cell biologist and biochemist by training, and has been active in cancer research for over three decades. From 1979 to 1991, Dr. Olden worked at Howard University in several roles, ultimately as Director of the Howard University Cancer Center and Chairman of the Department of Oncology. From 1991 to 2005, Dr. Olden was Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program, with a concurrent scientific post as Chief of the Metastasis Section of the NIEHS Environmental Carcinogenesis Program. Dr. Olden has maintained his research interests throughout his administrative career. Much of his work has focused on the role of glycoproteins in cancer. Working with Ken Yamada and others at the National Cancer Institute, he studied the glycoprotein fibronectin, and its possible role in inhibiting metastasis.

Publications

Science for Policy Project, Science for Policy Project - Panel Members