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
Malcolm Field
Environmental Protection Agency
Hydrogeology
Marysel Pagán-Santana
Migrant Clinicians Network
Environmental Health
Russ Hauser
Harvard University School of Public Health
Reproductive Physiology
Susan Weintraub
University of Texas Health Science Center
Biochemistry
Thomas McElrath
Harvard Medical School; B&W Hospital
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tissa Illangasekare
Colorado School of Mines
Civil & Environmental Engineering
William White
Pennsylvania State University
Geosciences
Madeline E. Schreiber
Virginia Tech
Hydrogeosciences
Training Advisory Committee
Dawn G. Terkla
Tufts University
Higher Education
Timothy Dye
University of Rochester Medical Center
Social & Cultural Determinants of Health
Emma Fernandez-Repollet
University of Puerto Rico
Biomedical Technology
Kelly Ferguson
NIEHS
Molecular Epidemiology
Nancy Cardona Cordero
UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center
Environmental Health