Leadership and Advisory Committees

Directors

Akram Alshawabkeh, Northeastern University

Jose Cordero, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

Executive Committee

• Akram Alshawabkeh, Northeastern University
• Jose Cordero, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
• Roger W. Giese, Northeastern University
• David R. Kaeli, Northeastern University
• Rita Loch-Caruso, University of Michigan
• John Meeker, University of Michigan
• Ingrid I. Padilla, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
• Thomas C. Sheahan, Northeastern University
• Michael B. Silevitch, Northeastern University

Scientific Advisory Committee

• Committee Chair – Alan R. Fleischman: Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Former Medical Director, March of Dimes; Former Chair, Federal Advisory Committee, National Children’s Study, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH.
• Malcolm Field: Senior Research Hydrogeologist, National Center For Environmental Assessment, Office Of Research And Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Tissa Illangasekare: AMAX Distinguished Chair of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Professor of Civil Engineering; Director, Center for the Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes (CESEP), Colorado School of Mines
• Thomas F. McElrath: Associate Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Jeffrey C. Murray: Professor of Neonatology and Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine and Professor of Biological Sciences, Dentistry, and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
• Larry Robertson: Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa (also Principal Investigator of Iowa SRP Program)
• David A. Savitz: Professor of Community Health (Epidemiology) and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University
• David R. Smith: President, SUNY Upstate Medical University
• Susan T. Weintraub: Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center
• William B. White: Emeritus Professor, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University

Research Translation Advisory Committee

• Mitchell K. Beard, EarthSoft, Inc.
• Carl-Axel P. Soderberg, Director, EPA Caribbean Division
• Alan R. Fleischman: Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Former Medical Director, March of Dimes; Former Chair, Federal Advisory Committee, National Children’s Study, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH.

Training Advisory Committee

• Dawn G. Terkla, Associate Provost for Institutional Research and Evaluation, Tufts University
• Donna M. Qualters, Director/Associate Professor, Center for Teaching Excellence, Suffolk University
• Emma Fernandez-Repollet, Vice President for Research and Technology, University of Puerto Rico