Early Warning Network

The NDEWS Early Warning Network is comprised of three groups: Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), Sentinel Sites and Community-Based Health Experts.

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NDEWS SAG Members

Name Title and Organization
Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH SAG 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
Thomas 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)
Matthew Ellis, PhD, MPE Principal Investigator, RADARS System; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Mark Gold, MD, DFASAM, DLFAPA Retired, Professor(Neuroscience), Dizney Distinguished Professor, Chairman (Psychiatry), Eminent Scholar. University of Florida College of Medicine, & 17th U.F. Distinguished Alumni Professor
Jim Hall, BS Epidemiologist, Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities, Nova Southeastern University
Jennifer R. Havens, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist, Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
Alex J. Krotulski, PhD Director, Center for Forensic Science Research and Education
Barry K Logan, PhD, F-ABFT Senior VP of Forensic Sciences, Chief Scientist, NMS Labs; Executive Director, Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE); Adjunct Professor at Thomas Jefferson University, Forensic Toxicology Program
Jana McAninch, MD, MPH, MS Senior Medical Epidemiologist, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Julie O’Donnell, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist, Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Jeffrey Talbert, PhD, FAMIA Professor and Director, Institute of Biomedical Informatics, University of Kentucky
Agnes Winokur, PhD Laboratory Director, DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory

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
Peter Rock, MPH Kentucky State of Kentucky Director, Biomedical Data Science, 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 / University of California, San Francisco
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 Title and organization
Adam Carrico, PhD Florida Professor, Public Health Science and Psychology Director, Division of Prevention Science and Community Health, University of Miami
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
Ryan Jacobs Kentucky Survivors Union of Bluegrass
Lisa McElhaney Nationwide Chief Operating Officer, National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)

Last modified: 4/11/2025

NDEWS is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the University of Florida (MPI: Cottler (contact), Co-Is: Goldberger, Nixon, Striley), New York University (MPI: Palamar), and Florida Atlantic University (Co-I: Barenholtz).