Our Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) is composed of 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Joseph Palamar, PhD | SAG Chair, NDEWS Deputy Director, Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center |
| Farida Ahmad, MPH | Mortality Surveillance Lead, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 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 |
| 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 | Director, Office of Treatment Services (OTS), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) |
| Matthew Ellis, PhD, MPE | Principal Investigator, RADARS System; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
| Jim Hall, PhD | 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 |
| Lee Hoffer, PhD, MPE | Associate Professor, Anthropology; Director of Graduate Programs; Professor, Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Emily Lockhart, MS | Senior Forensic Chemist, Special Testing and Research Laboratory, former Emerging Trends Program member, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) |
| 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) |
| Amit Sheth, PhD | Founding Director, Artificial Intelligence Institute; Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina |
| Katie Witkiewitz, PhD | Director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA), Regent’s Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico |
Last modified: 03/08/2024