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Q&A with NDEWS Scientific Advisory Group member Jim Hall

Jim Hall is a retired epidemiologist who worked for 35 years at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, and since 1982 has served as director of the Up Front Drug Information Center in Miami. From 1984 to 2014, he served as the Florida representative to the NIDA Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG), the predecessor to NDEWS. Through Nova Southeastern University, Hall more recently served as a consultant with the United Way of Broward County’s Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention, formerly the Commission on Substance Abuse, which was one of the earliest drug-free community programs that is part of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).

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The NIDA-funded NDEWS Coordinating Center at UF The National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), funded to the University of Florida by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), provides the field with timely, salient, and valuable information on emerging…

Early Warning Network

The NDEWS Early Warning Network is comprised of three groups: Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), Sentinel Sites and Community-Based Health Experts. NDEWS SAG Members NDEWS Sentinel Sites NDEWS Community-Based Health Experts Last modified: 5/21/2025…

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).