Synergy & Translation Committee
NCPERRC has formed a committee to ensure the synergy between the research projects and the translation of research to practice. The Synergy & Translation Committee meets about three times per year to advise on the translational aspects of research projects, provide oversight of the overall research program, and facilitate communication and information sharing across the center and its projects.
The committee’s membership includes:
NCPERRC Principal Investigators
Edward Baker, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julie Ivy, PhD, North Carolina State University
Pia MacDonald, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Glen Mays, MPH, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Anna Waller, ScD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public Health Practitioners
Julie Casani, MD, MPH, North Carolina Division of Public Health, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness & Response
Megan Davies, MD, North Carolina Division of Public Health, State Epidemiologist and Section Chief Epidemiology Section
Jeff Engel, MD, North Carolina Division of Public Health, State Health Director
Aaron Fleischauer, PhD, MPH, CDC Career Field Officer assigned to North Carolina Division of Public Health
Jean-Marie Maillard, MD, MSc, North Carolina Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch Medical Unit Physician
Lou Turner, DrPH, North Carolina Division of Public Health, Deputy Section Chief for Epidemiology
Douglas Urland, MPA, Catawba County (NC) Health Director, North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors representative
Research Consultants
Gene Matthews, JD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Project Officer, Legal Preparedness Initiative
James Thomas, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Director, Program in Public Health Ethics
Staff
Carol Gunther-Mohr, MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center Project Manager