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| Warren Wollschlager |
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| Warren Wollschlager is the architect of Connecticut’s internationally recognized stem cell research grants-in-aid program. Mr. Wollschlager manages the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory and Peer Review Committees, and in May 2007 he was named the founding Chair of the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research. He also manages agency initiatives involving umbilical cord blood banking, tissue biobanking, and genomics. He chaired the Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Banking and Biobanking Feasibility Committees, and serves as Vice Chair of the Connecticut External Advisory Panel on Genomics.
In October 2009, Mr. Wollschlager was designated as the Government Health Information Technology Coordinator for the State of Connecticut. He serves as the Project Officer for the $7.29 million State Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement with the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. He also administers the Connecticut Health Information Technology and Exchange Advisory Committee.
Prior to being named Chief of the Office of Research and Development in 2005, Mr. Wollschlager served for six years as Chief of Staff of the Department of Health (DPH), overseeing an agency with 800 employees and a budget of $160 million. He previously served as Chief of the Bureau of Regulatory Services, responsible for the licensure and regulation of all licensed health care and environmental practitioners and providers in Connecticut. Mr. Wollschlager received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1975 and completed graduate level studies at Eastern Connecticut State University and the University of New Haven.
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