Scientific Advisory Group Network

Our Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) is composed of 7 scientists from across the US and 6 experts from relevant government agencies, including the DEA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Administration (FDA) to advise NDEWS leadership regarding relevant indicators, data harmonization, and interpretation.


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

Last modified: 04/11/2025

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).