2004-2005 Judges

Nation's top epidemiologists lend their expertise to the YES Competition.

The students in this year's YES Regional and National Finals came from 30 states. The judges on the judging panel also came from far and wide and included some of the nation's top epidemiologists and educators.

"This is wonderful, it shows practical applications of scientific methods and hits upon some of the important issues that face public health today, " said judge Dr. Ian Rockett, Professor, Associate Chair and Director of Educational Programs, West Virginia University. "Our hope is that some of these gifted students end up working in the Epidemiology field."

Judges for the 2004-05 YES Competition:

Dr. Mona Baumgarten
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Dr. Ralph Cordell
Director
Office of Science Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Barbara DeBuono
Senior Medical Director/Group Leader
U.S. Public Health/U.S. Medical
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer Inc.

Tom Eng
President
EvaluMetrix

Dr. David Fraser
Independent Consultant
Chair, YES Working Group

Dr. Shelley Hearne
Executive Director
Trust for America's Health

Dr. Mark Kaelin
Associate Professor
School of Education and Human Sciences
Montclair State University

Dr. Denise Koo
Director, Career Development Division
Office of Workforce and Career Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika
Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Director, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Dr. Kim Lochner
National Centers for Health Statistics
Senior Statistician
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Nicole Lurie
Senior Natural Scientist
Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professor of Health Policy
RAND Corporation

Ms. Felicia McCrary
Social Studies Teacher
The Galloway School

Dr. Chris Olsen
Mathematics and Statistics Teacher
George Washington High School

Dr. Sarah Patrick
Professor/Director, Center for Rural Health Improvement
Director, National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
University of South Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dr. Patrick Remington
Director, Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute
Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Lee Riley
Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health

Dr. Ian Rockett
Professor and Associate Chair, Director of Educational Programs
Department of Community Medicine
West Virginia University

Dr. Jason Rosé
Instructional Supervisor, Science Department
The King's Academy

Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of Michigan

Dr. Diane Rowley
Professor, Public Health Sciences Institute
Morehouse College

Dr. Jonathan Samet
Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. David Savitz
Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor
Chair, Department of Epidemiology
University of North Carolina School of Public Health

Dr. Sally Goetz Shuler
Executive Director
National Science Resources Center

Mr. Robert Seiple
Environmental Science Teacher
Sycamore High School

Dr. Diane-Marie St. George
Faculty Chair, Master's Program in Public Health
School of Health and Human Services
Walden University

Dr. Michael Stoto
Senior Statistical Scientist
Associate Director for Public Health
RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security

Dr. Donna Stroup
Acting Director, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Leonard Syme
Professor of Epidemiology (Emeritus)
University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health

Dr. Steven Teutsch
Senior Director for Outcomes Research and Management
Merck & Co., Inc.

Dr. Thomas Vernon
Vice President for Policy, Public Health and Medical Affairs (Retired)
Merck & Co., Inc.