Our Team

Meet the Researchers Leading Our Program

Leadership Team

Our program is led by distinguished researchers and faculty committed to advancing scientific excellence and mentoring the next generation of research leaders.

Dr. Jose Cerrato

Center Director

Professor and Regents' Lecturer. Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.

jcerrato@unm.edu

Dr. Su Zhang

Deputy Director

Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC). Geography & Environmental Studies. Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.

suzhang@unm.edu

Dr. Matthew Campen

Deputy Director

Director, New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine, Regents' Professor, Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences. COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences, CC - Cancer Control and Pop Sci.

Mcampen@salud.unm.edu

Dr. Yiliang Zhu

Data Core Co-Lead

Professor. SOM - Internal Medicine.

Yizhu@salud.unm.edu

Dr. Tamar Ginossar

Community Engagement Core Lead (CED)

Professor. Communication & Journalism.

ginossar@unm.edu

Dr. Roberta Lavin

Project One Lead

Deputy Director, Center for Health Equity and Preparedness and Professor. CON - Full Faculty.

rlavin@salud.unm.edu

Dr. Shuguang Leng

Project Two Lead

Associate Professor. SOM - Internal Medicine, CC - Cancer Control and Pop Sci, SOM - Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Research Project Teams

Project 1: Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters and Impacts on Health Systems

Dr. Roberta Lavin

Project Lead

UNM CON

Dr. Yiliang Zhu

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Wei Fang

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Kritim Bastola

Research Team

Project 1

Dr. Xi Gong

Research Team

Project 1

Project 2: Linking Wildfire Smoke to Cancer

Dr. Shuguang Leng

Project Lead

UNM SOM

Dr. Charls Wiggins

Research Team

Project 2

Dr. Huining Kang

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Xi Gong

Research Team

Project 2

Dr. Angela Meisner

Research Team

Project 2

Dr. Xin Shore

Research Team

Project 2

Data Core Team

Dr. Su Zhang

Data Core Lead / Geospatial / IT

UNM EDAC

Dr. Yiliang Zhu

Data Core Co-Lead / Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Wei Fang

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Yue Feng

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Sajith R de Silva Galappaththige

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Huining Kang

Biostatistics

UNM HSC

Dr. Christopher Lippitt

Geospatial

UNM GES

Lisa Sinclair

Geospatial

UNM EDAC

Hays Barrett

Data / IT

UNM EDAC

Tyler Eshelman

Data / IT

UNM EDAC

Eric Crozier

Data / IT

UNM EDAC

John "Jack" Taylor

Data / IT

UNM EDAC

Christopher Girlamo

Data / IT

UNM EDAC

Sandeep Talasila

Geospatial

UNM EDAC

Shawn Penman

Geospatial

UNM EDAC

Paul Neville

Geospatial

UNM EDAC

Dr. Teddy Woldeyohannes

Geospatial

UNM EDAC

Bianca Camacho

Data / Geospatial

UNM GES