Community-Based Health Expert Network

The Community-Based Health Experts represent populations at risk, rather than a location, per se. Some of these experts are scientists who study drug use, and others are people with experiences other than academia and represent populations we are interested in reaching for targeted messages.

Map of the US depicting Community Based Health Expert Sites for NDEWS with blue markers

NDEWS Community-Based Health Experts

Stakeholder Advisory Group
Name Affiliation
Levi Bolin, PhDNationwideAssociate Director, Clinical Affairs, Millennium Health
Kaitlyn Brown, PharmD, DABATNationwideClinical Managing Director, America’s Poison Centers
Robert Crecelius, PhDLas Cruces, NMBoard Member, El Caldito Soup Kitchen, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Alyssa Falise, PhD, MSPHNationwideResearch Associate with Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), part of the American College of Medical Toxicology
Ryan JacobsKentuckySurvivors Union of the Bluegrass
Lisa McElhaneyNationwideChief Operating Officer, National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)
Abeed Sarker, PhDAtlanta, GAAssociate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University
Caty SimonNationwideDirector of Narrative Development, National Survivors Union, Co-founder and Development Director, Whose Corner Is It Anyway
Susan ThauNationwidePublic Policy Consultant, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)

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

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