Our Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) is composed of 12 scientists from across the US and 4 experts from relevant government agencies, including the DEA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to advise NDEWS leadership regarding relevant indicators, data harmonization, and interpretation.
NDEWS SAG Members
| Name | Title and Organization |
|---|---|
| Joseph Palamar, PhD | SAG Chair, NDEWS CO-I Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center |
| Erin Artigiani, MA | Deputy Director, Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR), University of Maryland |
| Georgiy Bobashev, PhD | RTI Senior Fellow, Center for Data Science, RTI International |
| M. Fe Caces, PhD | Statistician/Demographer, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in the Executive Office of the President |
| 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) |
| Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH | Professor, Family Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
| Suparna Das, PhD | Branch Chief, Treatment Services Branch, CBHSQ, SAMHSA |
| Matthew Ellis, PhD, MPE | Principal Investigator, RADARS System; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
| Jim Hall | Epidemiologist, Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities, Nova Southeastern University |
| Jennifer R. Havens, PhD, MPH | Professor, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky |
| Lee Hoffer, PhD, MPE | Associate Professor, Anthropology; Professor, Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Emily Lockhart, MS | Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory; Emerging Trends Program |
| Barry K Logan, PhD, F-ABFT | Chief Scientist, NMS Labs; Executive Director, Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) |
| Amit Sheth, PhD | Founding Director, Artificial Intelligence Institute; Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina |
| Judy Staffa, PhD, RPh | Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of Drug Safety |
| Margaret Warner, PhD | Senior Epidemiologist, Division of Vital Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics |
| Katie Witkiewitz, PhD | Regent’s Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico |