Based in Austin, Texas, Luminex develops, manufactures and markets biological testing technologies with applications across the life sciences industry. Its LabMAP system, a technology platform, delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research. Sold worldwide, LabMAP is used in research laboratories and major pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies. Roper became the UNC-CH dean in 1997. One of the largest schools of its kind, Carolina s School of Public Health offers graduate and doctoral programs in biostatistics, environmental sciences and engineering, epidemiology, health behavior and health education, health policy and administration, maternal and child health, and nutrition.
Departments also offer undergraduate programs.
Previously, Roper was senior vice president of Prudential HealthCare, president of the Prudential Center for Health Care Research, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and an administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration. He was director of the White House Office of Policy Development and deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy. He remains active in national policy discussions about organized health-care systems and managed care. His interests and expertise converge on clinical and public policy approaches for improving quality and efficiency in health-care delivery. Roper is a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees and the Governing Council of the Institute of Medicine, which is affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences.