The NDEWS Early Warning Network is comprised of three groups: Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), Sentinel Sites and Community-Based Health Experts.
NDEWS SAG Members
| Epidemiology/Surveillance/Bioinformatics/Clinical | |
|---|---|
| Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH – Chair | Professor, Family Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco |
| Georgiy Bobashev, PhD | RTI Senior Fellow, Center for Data Science, RTI International |
| Matthew Ellis, PhD, MPH | PI RADARS System, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
| Jim Hall, BS | Center for Applied Research on Substance Use & Health Disparities, Nova Southeastern University |
| Jennifer R. Havens, PhD, MPH | Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky |
| Jeffrey Talbert, PhD, FAMIA | Professor & Director, Institute of Biomedical Informatics, University of Kentucky |
| Mark Gold, MD, DFASAM, DLFAPA | Retired, Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, 17th UF Distinguished Alumni Awardee |
| Forensic/Toxicology | |
| Alex J. Krotulski, PhD | Director, Center for Forensic Science Research & Education |
| Barry K. Logan, PhD, F-ABFT | Chief Scientist, NMS Labs |
| Law Enforcement | |
| Thomas Carr | Executive Director, University of Baltimore Center for Drug Policy & Enforcement |
| Agencies | |
| Jana McAninch, MD, MPH, MS | Office of Surveillance & Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, FDA |
| Julie O'Donnell, PhD, MPH | Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, CDC |
| Agnes Winokur, PhD | Laboratory Director, DEA Special Testing & Research Laboratory |
| Farida Bhuiya Ahmad, MPH | Mortality Surveillance Lead, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC |
NDEWS Sentinel Sites
| Sentinel Site Director | Sentinel Site | Geographic Coverage | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Myers, MS, MPA | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Metro Area | Assistant Chief of Police, Peachtree City Police Department |
| Mary E. Mackesy-Amiti, PhD | Chicago, IL | Chicago Metro Area | Research Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Tyler Coyle, MD | Denver, CO | Denver Metro Area | Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Co-Director, Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, & Treatment, University of Colorado |
| Bruce A. Goldberger, PhD | Florida | State of Florida | Professor and former Chief of Forensic Medicine Division, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida |
| Sarah Hargrove, MS | Kentucky | State of Kentucky | Program Manager, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky |
| Patrick Habecker, PhD | Nebraska | State of Nebraska | Assistant Professor, Rural Drug Addiction Research Center, University of Nebraska – Lincoln |
| Nate Wright, PhD, MPH | Minnesota | State of Minnesota | Epidemiologist, Syndromic Surveillance & Drug Overdose Epidemiology Unit Supervisor, Injury & Violence Prevention Section, Minnesota Department of Health |
| Kelley Kampman, PhD | Ohio | State of Ohio | Director of the Ohio SEP Data Collection Consortium, Case Western Reserve University |
| Ellenie Tuazon, MPH | New York City, NY | New York City | Director of Surveillance, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| Jeanmarie Perrone, MD | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia Metro Area | Professor, Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine Initiatives, Director, Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy, University of Pennsylvania |
| Annick Bórquez, PhD | San Diego, CA | San Diego County | Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego |
| Phillip O Coffin, MD, MIA | San Francisco, CA | San Francisco County | Director, Center on Substance Use and Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health |
| Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW | Seattle/King County, WA | King County | Research Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health |
| Heidi Israel, PhD, FNP, LCSW, CCRG | St. Louis, MO | St. Louis Metro Area | Associate Professor, Orthopedic Research, St. Louis University |
| Dayong Lee, PhD | Texas | State of Texas | Chief Toxicologist for the Houston Forensic Science Center |
| Lisa Wiederlight, MPP | Washington, DC | Baltimore-Washington Metro Area | Chief performance officer for the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program |
NDEWS Community-Based Health Experts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Kaitlyn Brown, PharmD, DABAT | Nationwide | Clinical Managing Director, America’s Poison Centers |
| Robert Crecelius, PhD | Las Cruces, NM | Board Member, El Caldito Soup Kitchen, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Levi Bolin, PhD | Nationwide | Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, Millennium Health |
| Abeed Sarker, PhD | Atlanta, GA | Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University |
| Caty Simon | Nationwide | Director of Narrative Development, National Survivors Union, Co-founder and Development Director, Whose Corner Is It Anyway |
| Susan Thau | Nationwide | Public Policy Consultant, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) |
| Ryan Jacobs | Kentucky | Survivors Union of the Bluegrass |
| Alyssa Falise, PhD, MSPH | Nationwide | Research Associate with Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), part of the American College of Medical Toxicology |
| Lisa McElhaney | Nationwide | Chief Operating Officer, National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) |
Last modified: 12/16/2025