Sentinel Site Network

NDEWS sites and Community Epidemiology Workgroup (CEWG) sites have joined our NDEWS Early Warning Network as sentinel sites. These 15 sites collect and submit indicator data on an ongoing basis, as well as submit annual site reports.

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
TBA Kentucky State of Kentucky TBA
Nate Wright, MPH Minnesota State of Minnesota Epidemiologist, Syndromic Surveillance & Drug Overdose Epidemiology Unit Supervisor, Injury & Violence Prevention Section, Minnesota Department of Health
Patrick Habecker, PhD Assistant Professor, Rural Drug Addiction Research Center, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
Ellenie Tuazon, MPH New York City, NY New York City Director of Surveillance, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Kelley Kampman, PhD Ohio State of Ohio Director of the Ohio SEP Data Collection Consortium, Case Western Reserve University
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 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).