The ECHORN network includes four island site teams, a coordinating center located at Yale University, and a steering committee. A faculty advisory board and community advisory board serve as resources to the network. Site teams recruit participants and gather study data. The teams include a site principal investigator, a junior faculty member, a project manager, research assistants, and a clinical research nurse. Site teams may also include a community outreach officer.

Leaders

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee guides the development of ECHORN’s policies. Its members include ECHORN’s Principal Investigator, two program officers from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and senior faculty from Yale University.

• Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS

• Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD

• Jennifer Alvidrez, PhD

• Irene Dankwa-Mullan, MD, MPH

• Nathaniel Stinson Jr., PhD, MD

ECHORN Coordinating Center (ECC)

The ECHORN Coordinating Center (ECC) is based at the Yale University School of Medicine. The ECC works with the ECHORN study sites in the planning, coordination, and implementation of the research study. The ECC also coordinates capacity strengthening activities at sites and in the Caribbean region.

The ECHORN Coordinating Center (ECC) is based at the Yale University School of Medicine. The ECC works with the ECHORN study sites in the planning, coordination, and implementation of the research study. The ECC also coordinates capacity strengthening activities at sites and in the Caribbean region.

• Josefa Martinez, PhD
  Chair, Data Access and Scientific Review Committee (DASR)

• Jeremy Schwartz, MD
  Medical Director

• Kate Fraser, PMP
  Project Manager

• Deron Galusha, MS
  Biostatistician

• Arian Schulze, PhD(c), MPhil
  Lead Developer, Virtual Curriculum

• Lisbette Acosta
  Postgraduate Associate

Scientific Advisory Group

The Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) acts as a consultant to the ECHORN Coordinating Center (ECC) and the island sites. The SAG includes faculty from a variety of disciplines and areas of expertise.

• Michelle Albert, MD, MPH
  Cardiology and cohort risk

• David Berg, PhD, MA
  Leadership

• Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH
  Informatics

• Sonia Caprio, MD
  Pediatric endocrinology and cohort risk

• Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH
  Social networks

• Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc
  Community-engaged research

• Leslie Curry, PhD, MPH
  Virtual curriculum

• Mayur Desai, PhD, MPH
  Biostatistics and epidemiology

• Rosana Gonzalez-Colaso, PharmD, MPH
  Quantitative research design

• Tené Lewis, PhD
  Social exposure and cardiovascular disease

• Erika Linnander, MPH, MBA
  Project management and implementation

• Jennifer Miller, PhD
  Ethics of data sharing and data ownership

• James O’Malley, PhD
  Social networks

• Rafael Pérez- Escamilla, PhD
  Global measures of food insecurity

• Calie Santana, MD, MHS
  Quality improvement

• Sangita Sharma, PhD
  Nutritional epidemiology

• Brian Smith, MD
  Laboratory medicine

• Lisa Walke, MD
  Geriatrics

• Emily Wang, MD, MAS
  Community-based participatory research

• David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, MA, MDiv
  Social influences on health

• Yawei Zhang, MD, PhD, MPH
  Cohort methodology

Site Teams