Risk Taskforce

Leadership

Dr. Greg Pompelli

Director, Texas A&M University – CBTS

Dr. Zenon Medina-Cetina

PI, U.S. – Mexico R-13 Project; , Associate Professor, Zachry Career Development Professor II, Civil & Environmental, Petroleum, Ocean & Geography, Texas A&M University

Dr. Matt Cochran

Co-PI, U.S. Mexico R-13 Project Research Director, Texas A&M University – CBTS

Miriam Olivares

Co-PI, U.S. Mexico R-13 Project; , GIS Librarian, Center for Science and Social Science Information, Yale University

Dr. Maria Jose Perez-Patron

Co-PI, U.S. Mexico R-13 Project; , Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University

DHS Advisors

Thomas M. Wilkinson, MD​

Chief Medical Information Officer, Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) ​ Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) ​ U.S. Department of Homeland Security​

Iván A. Zapata, DrPH, MS

Global Health Security Advisor, DHS Chief Medical Officer Team Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) U.S. Department of Homeland Security​

International Advisors

Dr. Dennis Gorman

Interim Department Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Texas A&M University

Dr. Julie Loisel

Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

Dr. Maria Julia Marinissen

Health Attaché, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Embassy | Mexico City

Victor Gutierrez

CEO, Grupo Plenum;, Chair, Mexican National Business Association (CCE)

Dr. Bethany DeSalvo

Survey Statistician, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division ​ United States Census Bureau

Dr. Graciela Gonzalez Farias

Director, National Institute of Mathematics (CIMAT)

Former Members

Tom McGinn, DVM

Senior Health Advisor​, Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) ​ Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) ​ U.S. Department of Homeland Security​

Dr. Oscar Sanchez Siordia

Director, Mexican National Geo-Intelligence Laboratory (Centro-GEO) Institutional Member, Grupo CONACYT COVID-19

Dr. Sergio Palacio Carrera Riva

Director, General Integration, Analysis, and Research Direction, Mexican Census Bureau (INEGI)

Heather N. Chew

Deputy of Global Health Security Advisor, DHS Chief Medical Officer Team U.S. Department of Homeland Security​

Alexander L. Eastman, MD

Senior Medical Officer, Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) ​ Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) ​ U.S. Department of Homeland Security​

Duane C. Caneva, MD, MS

Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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