Janet Melei Cuca ’61

Janet Melei Cuca ’61, of Wayne, Pa.; Jan. 20. She worked at Harvard University for one year and then moved to California to work at Stanford. She published her first journal article in 1965. She married, started a family, and lived in Colombia before moving to New Jersey and working at Educational Testing Service. The family moved back to Colombia before settling in the Washington, D.C., area in 1971. She held roles at the American Psychological Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and finally the National Institutes of Health. In 1987, she earned her master’s degree and in 1989 her PhD, both from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She continued to publish on a range of topics related to graduate medical education, psychology, and the NIH grant application process throughout her career. She retired from NIH in 2000. She is survived by husband Roberto Cuca, daughter Yvette Cuca ’92 and her husband, a son and daughter-in-law, a granddaughter, and a sister.