Scientific Advisory Group

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Scientific Advisory Group—comprised of public health, policy and data science professionals—advises on research and science for the program. 

  • Yukiko Asada, PhD - Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health 
  • Wyatt Beckman, MPH - Senior Analyst, Kansas Health Institute
  • David H. Chae, ScD, MA - Professor, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University 
  • Tracy Corley, PhD - Director of Programs, Arlington Campus, College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
  • Tom Eckstein, MBA - Founder, Arundel Metrics; Chair, Center for New Democratic Processes
  • Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH - Professor, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Kurt Greenlund, PhD - Chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Peter Holtgrave, MA, MPH - Senior Director, Public Health Infrastructure and Systems, National Association of County and City Health Officials
  • Jennifer Ito, MA - Research Director, Equity Research Institute, University of Southern California
  • Amy Lansky, PhD, MPH - Director, Office of Scientific Evidence and Recommendations (OSER) within Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Science
  • Stephen Menendian - Assistant Director and Director of Research, Othering & Belonging Institute, University of California, Berkeley
  • Ryan Petteway, DrPH, MPH - Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University/Portland State University
  • Patrick Remington, MD, MPH - Professor Emeritus, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Amy Rohling McGee - President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio
  • Steven Teutsch, MD, MPH - Senior Scholar, Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service, University of Southern California