Twelve of the former NDEWS sites and six of the former Community Epidemiology Workgroup (CEWG) sites will be joining our NDEWS Early Warning Network as sentinel sites. These 18 sites will collect and submit indicator data on an ongoing basis, as well as submit annual site reports.
NDEWS Sentinel Sites
| Sentinel site | Geographic coverage | Sentinel Site Director | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Metro Area | Matthew W. Myers, MPA | Assistant Chief of Police, Peachtree City Police Department |
| Chicago, IL | Chicago Metro Area | Lawrence J Ouellet, PhD | Community Outreach Intervention Projects, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Denver, CO | Denver Metro Area | Karen F Corsi, ScD, MPH | Associate Professor, Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Detroit, MI | Wayne County | Cynthia Arfken, PhD | Professor, Psychiatry, Wayne State University |
| Florida | State of Florida | Bruce A. Goldberger, PhD | Professor and Chief of Forensic Medicine Division, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County | Mary-Lynn Brecht, PhD | Professor, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing |
| Maine, ME | State of Maine | Marcella H Sorg, PhD | Professor, Anthropology, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine |
| Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis Metro Area | Marilyn E Carroll, PhD | Professor, Psychiatry, University of Minnesota |
| New York City, NY | New York City | Alex Harocopos, PhD, MSc | Director of Qualitative Research, Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment |
| Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia County | Kendra Viner, PhD, MPH | Director, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction |
| Phoenix, AZ | Phoenix Metro | James K. Cunningham, PhD | Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona |
| San Diego, CA | San Diego County | Eileen V. Pitpitan, PhD | Associate Professor, School of Social Work, San Diego State University; Co-Director, San Diego Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies |
| San Francisco, CA | San Francisco County | Phillip O Coffin, MD, MIA | Director, Center on Substance Use and Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health / University of California, San Francisco |
| Seattle/King County, WA | King County | Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW | Research Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington |
| St. Louis, MO | Greater St. Louis Area | Heidi Israel, PhD, FNP, LCSW, CCRG | Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Research, St. Louis University |
| Texas | State of Texas | Jane Maxwell, PhD | Research Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work |
| Washington, DC | Baltimore–Washington Metro Area | Tom Carr | Executive Director, University of Baltimore Center for Drug Policy and Enforcement; Senior Fellow, George Mason University Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy; Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) |