Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

The Scientific Advisory Committee includes knowledgeable researchers in the areas of air pollution epidemiology, biostatistics, air quality monitoring and exposure assessment, pulmonary toxicology and lung biology, and pulmonary and cardiovascular medicine; additionally, its membership reaches some of the key stakeholder groups including representatives from the public and private sectors, along with an EPA
representative, as specified.  The Scientific Advisory Committee meets annually to fulfill its charge of evaluating current and planned research and for monitoring the Center’s progress on its research agenda.   The recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee  receive thorough discussion and formal response by the Executive Committee.

The SAC comprises the following people:

Chair:

Joe L. Mauderly
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Albuquerque, NM

Members (alphabetically):

Marie Davidian
William Neal Reynolds Professor
Department of Statistics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Kenneth Demerjian
Ray Falconer Endowed Chair
Professor and Director Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY - University at Albany

Steven A. Fisher
Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

Frank D. Gilliland
Professor
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Michael A. O'Reilly
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine
School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Rochester

C. Arden Pope III
Professor
Department of Economics
Brigham Young University

John Vandenberg
Associate Director for Health
National Center for Environmental Assessment
Office of Research and Development
US Environmental Protection Agency

Anthony S. Wexler
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
University of California - Davis