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