2006-07 Judges

The nation's finest epidemiologists, public health officials, and teachers gathered to judge student presentations at the fourth annual YES Competition.

The students in this year's Regional and National Finals traveled from 26 states to participate in the YES Competition. The judges were yet again thrilled with the quality of the students' presentations. Patrick Remington, Ph.D., exclaimed, "Another great group of YES scholars! I showed several of the student topics to my grad students, and they were amazed!" Mona Baumgarten, Ph.D., pointed out that, "The competition was awesome, as usual. I think the kids were even more impressive this year, if that's possible." Barbara A. DeBuono, M.D., M.P.H. declared, "What a great group of young budding epidemiologists!"

2006-07 YES Student Competition Judges

Mona Baumgarten, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Maryland

Lisa Berkman, Ph.D.
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

Gilberto F. Chávez, M.D., M.P.H.
California State Epidemiologist /Medical Officer
California Department of Health Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ralph Cordell, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

José F. Cordero, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean, Graduate School of Public Health
University of Puerto Rico

Barbara A. DeBuono, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Advisor, Public Health and Policy
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Inc.

Ana V. Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of Michigan

David Fraser, M.D.
Freelance Epidemiologist

Wayne H. Giles, M.D., M.S.
Director, Division of Adult and Community Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ruth B. Jiles, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mark Kaelin, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Health and Nutrition Sciences
Montclair State University

Jeff Killmer, M.A.
Math Teacher
Cary Academy

Denise Koo, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Career Development Division
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Cheryl A. Lindeman, Ed.D.
Executive Director
National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science & Technology

Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Senior Natural Scientist and Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professor of Policy Analysis
RAND Corporation

Felicia McCrary, M.Ed.
Teacher
The Galloway School

Chris Olsen, Ph.D.
Statistics Teacher
Thomas Jefferson High School

Gianfranco Pezzino, M.D., M.P.H.
Director of Public Health Studies
Kansas Health Institute

Patrick Remington, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Lee Riley, M.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley

Ian Rockett, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Epidemiology
West Virginia University School of Medicine

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

Sharon Schwartz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

Sally Goetz Shuler, M.S.
Executive Director
National Science Resources Center

Diane Marie St. George, Ph.D.
Chair, M.P.H. Program
Walden University

S. Leonard Syme, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley

Steven Teutsch, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director, Outcomes Research
Merck & Co., Inc.

Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Robin Taylor Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Penn State College of Medicine