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