Public Health Research: Research Guide - Research Agenda Development Workgroups
Research Agenda Development Workgroups
Community Preparedness and Response Workgroup
Environmental and Occupational Health and Injury Prevention Workgroup
Health Information Services Workgroup
Community Preparedness and Response Workgroup
Joel Ackelsberg, MD, MPHMedical Director, Emergency Readiness and Response Unit
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York, NY
Linda Degutis, DrPH, MSN (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public
Health, Associate Clinical Professor – School of
Nursing
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Jim Lando, MD, MPH (Alternate)
Deputy Associate Director for Science
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Hugh Mainzer, MS, DVM, Dipl, ACVPM (Co-Chair)
Senior Preventive Medicine
Officer/Epidemiologist
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health
Services
National Center for Environmental Health
CDC Coordinating Center for Environmental Health
and Injury Prevention
Joe Posid, PhD (Co-Deputy)
Public Health Advisor
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program
National Center for Infectious Diseases
CDC Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Dori Reissman, MD, MPH
Senior Advisor for Disaster, Mental Health and
Terrorism
National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control
CDC Coordinating Center for Environmental Health
and Injury Prevention
Lisa Rotz, MD
Acting Director
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program
National Center for Infectious Diseases
CDC Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Neil L Sass, PhD
State Toxicologist, Chemical Laboratory Director
and
Counterterrorism Coordinator
Alabama Department of Public Health
Montgomery, AL
Carol Scotton, PhD (Co-Deputy)
Assistant Professor
Knox College
Galesburg, IL
Elaine Vaughan, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology & Social
Behavior
University of California, School of Social
Ecology
Irvine, CA
Environmental and Occupational Health and Injury Prevention Workgroup
Drue Barrett, PhD
Acting Associate Director for Science
National Center for Environmental Health /
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC Coordinating Center for Environmental Health
and Injury Prevention
John Corrigan, PhD (Co-Chair)
Professor and Director, Division of
Rehabilitation Psychology
The Ohio State University
Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Columbus, OH
Mindy Fullilove, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public
Health
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, NY
Cindi Melanson, MPH, CHES (Deputy)
Health Scientist
Office of Public Health Research
CDC Office of the Chief Science Officer
Excellence in Science Public Health Education
and Promotion Network Representative
Jeffrey Nemhauser, MD (Alternate)
Associate Chief Medical Officer
National Center for Environmental Health /
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC Coordinating Center for Environmental Health
and Injury Prevention
Lee Sanderson, PhD, MA
Health Scientist
CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health
David Sleet, PhD
Associate Director for Science
Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control
CDC Coordinating Center for Environmental Health
and Injury Prevention
Jimmy Stephens, PhD (Co-Chair)
Associate Director for Science
CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health
Elizabeth M Ward, PhD
Director, Surveillance Research
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA
Craig Zwerling, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor and Head
Department of Occupational and Environmental
Health
University of Iowa College of Public Health
Iowa City, IA
Global Health Workgroup
L. Garry Adams, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies
Associate Director, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station
Professor of Veterinary Pathology
College Station, TX
William (Bill) Levine, MD, MSc
Associate Director for Science
Global AIDS Program
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
CDC Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Aun Lor, MPH (Co-Deputy)
Human Subjects Contact
CDC Office of Workforce and Career Development
Excellence in Science Health and Human Rights
Working Group Liaison
Jay McAuliffe, MD
Medical Officer
CDC Coordinating Office for Global Health
Michael Merson, MD
Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health,
Dean of Public Health, Chairman, Department of
Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University, School of Public Health
New Haven, CT
David McQueen, PhD (Co-Chair)
Associate Director for Global Health Promotion
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Michael Merson, MD
Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health,
Dean of Public Health, Chairman, Department of
Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University, School of Public Health
New Haven, CT
Marguerite Pappaioanou, DVM, PhD
Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Basia Tomczyk, RN, MS, DrPH (Co-Deputy)
Epidemiologist
CDC National Center for Environmental Health /
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC Coordinating Center for Environmental Health
and Injury Prevention
Co-Chair Excellence in Science Health and Human
Rights Working Group Liaison
SV Subramanian, PhD (Co-Chair)
Assistant Professor of Society, Human
Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Health Information Services Workgroup
Marc Berk, PhDSenior Fellow and Vice President of Health Survey Program and Policy Research
National Opinion Research Center
Bethesda, MD
Lawrence Cox, PhD
Director
Office of Research and Methodology
National Center for Health Statistics
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Information
and Service
Jeff Etchason, MD
Health Care Sector Management Lead, Office of
Public-Private Partnerships
National Center for Health Marketing
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Information
and Service
Larry P Hanrahan, PhD, MS (Co-Chair)
Senior Epidemiologist
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
Services, Divison of Public Health
Madison, WI
Doresa Jennings, PhD (Deputy)
Program Analyst
National Center for Health Marketing
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Information
and Service
Mary Madison, MPA
Director, Health Services Research
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Chicago, IL
Marc Overcash (Co-Chair)
IT Specialist
National Center for Public Health Informatics
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Information
and Service
Sabrina Walton (Alternate)
SAIC Consultant
CDC Office of the Chief Operating Officer
Ruth Zambrana, PhD
Professor and Director of Research
University of Maryland, Consortium on Race,
Gender and Ethnicity
College Park, MD
Health Promotion Workgroup
Barbara Bowman, PhD
Acting Associate Director for Science
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Science
Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Philip Huang, MD, MPH (Co-Chair)
Chronic Disease Director
Texas Department of Health
Austin, TX
Sharon Kardia, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Kakoli Roy, PhD (Deputy)
Economist
CDC Office of Workforce and Career Development
Keith Scott, PhD
Professor and Director
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Esther Sumartojo, PhD, MSc (Co-Chair)
Acting Associate Director for Science
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Stephen B Thomas, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Minority Health
University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health
Pittsburgh, PA
Infectious Diseases Workgroup
Terrence Chorba, MD, MA, MPH, MPA, FACP
Associate Director for Science
CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB
Prevention
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Susanne Pickering, MPH, MS, OTR/L, CHES (Deputy)
Senior Program Consultant Officer
CDC Office of the Chief Science Officer
Excellence in Science Public Health Education
and Promotion Network Liaison
Richard A Schieber, MD, MPH
Senior Advisor for Influenza
CDC Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Excellence in Science Health Research Systems
Working Group Liaison
J. Todd Weber, MD, FACP, FIDSA (Co-Chair)
Director
Office of Antimicrobial Resistance
National Center for Infectious Diseases
CDC Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Gary Goldbaum, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Epidemiologist, Director HIV/AIDS
Epidemiology Program
Public Health -- Seattle and King County
Seattle, WA
Bill Jenkins, PhD, MS, MPH (Co-Chair)
Professor of Public Health Sciences
Division of Science & Mathematics
Public Health Sciences Institutes
Research Center on Health Disparities
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA
Jennie R Joe, PhD, MPH
Professor of Family and Community Medicine and
Director, Native American Research and Training
Center
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Mark Leasure
Executive Director
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Alexandria, VA
Core Team
The Core Team is comprised of the Co-Chairs and Deputies of the six preceding Workgroups and the deputy of the Agenda Steering Subworkgroup plus the following participants:
Tim Broadbent,
MPA (OSI Liaison and Co-Chair)
Public Health Analyst
CDC Office of Strategy and Innovation (OSI)
Cecilia Curry, PhD (OSI Liaison)
Health Scientist
CDC Office of Stratgy an Innovation
Robin Ikeda, MD, MPH (OWCD Liaison)
Associate Director for Science
CDC Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD)
Jamila Rashid, PhD, MPH (Deputy)
Team Lead, Research Agenda Development
Office of Public Health Research
CDC Office of the Chief Science Officer
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH (Co-Chair)
President
National Hispanic Medical Association
Washington, DC
Benedict I Truman, MD, MPH (OMHHD
Liaison)
Associate Director for Science
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
CDC Office of Stratgy an Innovation
Charles Williams, MPH, MA (Assistant
Deputy)
Health Communication Specialist
National Center for Health Marketing
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Information
and Services
Dena L Williams, MPH (Assistant
Deputy)
Health Scientist/Epidemiologist
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Page last modified: September 27, 2006
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