The members of PROTECT’s two advisory committees come from a diverse group of research and experiences. The committees bring in informed outside perspectives as a way to help PROTECT investigators guide their research questions and focuses, methods, and tools. The advisory committees play an integral role in PROTECT as a continually evolving and growing project.
Scientific Advisory Committee
Alan Fleischman - Chair
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pediatrics & Epidemiology
Howard Chang
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Russ Hauser
Harvard University School of Public Health
Reproductive Physiology
Tissa Illangasekare
Colorado School of Mines
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Thomas McElrath
Harvard Medical School; B&W Hospital
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Marysel Pagán-Santana
Migrant Clinicians Network
Environmental Health
Ruth Santiago
Private Practice
Environmental Science & Law
Madeline E. Schreiber
Virginia Tech
Hydrogeosciences
Susan Weintraub
University of Texas Health Science Center
Biochemistry
Training Advisory Committee
Timothy Dye
University of Rochester Medical Center
Social & Cultural Determinants of Health
Nancy Cardona Cordero
UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center
Environmental Health
Kelly Ferguson
NIEHS
Molecular Epidemiology
Emma Fernandez-Repollet
University of Puerto Rico
Biomedical Technology
Dawn G. Terkla
Tufts University
Higher Education