Debra K. Olson, DNP, MPH, RN
Principal Investigator
Professor and Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Email: olson002@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-0476
Areas of expertise: Public health preparedness, occupational health nursing, injury prevention and control, agricultural safety and health, competency based learning, innovative teaching employing new technologies and distance learning.

Jeff Bender, PhD
Co-Investigator, Retrospective Cohort Study of Responders Training and System Performance
Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Co-Director, Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
University of Minnesota
Email: bende002@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-6203
Areas of expertise: Veterinary population medicine/public health, particularly foodborne and zoonotic diseases, preparedness training for pandemic influenza and emerging zoonoses.

Patrick Bohan, PhD, MSEH, MS, PhD, RS, DAAS CAPT, USPHS (Ret)
Co-Investigator, Retrospective Cohort Study of Responders Training and System Performance
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Science
East Central University, OK
Email: pbohan@ecok.edu
Phone: 580-559-5658
Areas of expertise: Environmental health management, systems, leadership, and performance.

Jane Braun, MPH, EM
Creating High Reliability Teams for Public Health Preparedness
Deputy Director of Emergency Preparedness
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Minnesota Department of Health

Andrew Cooper, MPH
Project Manager, Using Collaborative Virtual Environments in Preparedness and Emergency Response Planning (formerly PERUSE)

Stan Davis, MD
Consultant, Creating High Reliability Teams for Public Health Preparedness
Medical Teamwork Consultants

Jill DeBoer, MPH
Co-Investigator, Retrospective Cohort Study of Responders Training and System Performance
Director, AHC Office of Emergency Response
Associate Director, Center for Infectious Disease
Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
University of Minnesota
Email: jdeboer@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-3958
Areas of expertise: Public health emergency preparedness, including designing, conducting, and evaluating exercises, developing plans and procedures.

Gwen Halaas, MD, MBA
Co-Investigator, Effectiveness of Simulated Disaster Response Scenarios
Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Director, AHC Center for Interprofessional Education
Email: halaa001@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-2621
Areas of expertise: Primary care and rural practice, medical and interprofessional education, health care administration.

Kevin Harvey, MA
Co-Investigator, Using Collaborative Virtual Environments in Preparedness and Emergency Response Planning (formerly PERUSE)
Assistant Director of Development, UIC-CADE
Email: kqharvey@uic.edu
Phone: 312-413-0102
Areas of expertise: Education, training, technology, and new media, design and implementation of simulation games and Virtual Worlds for emergency preparedness and other areas.

Craig Hedberg, PhD
Lead Investigator, Retrospective Cohort Study of Responders Training and System Performance
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Email: hedbe005@umn.edu
Phone: 612-626-4757
Areas of expertise: Foodborne disease epidemiology (surveillance, environmental factors, methods, role of food workers) and public health preparedness, including conducting and evaluating education, training, and functional exercises.

Andrea Hickle, MPH
U-SEEE Coordinator (Core)
Continuing Education Specialist, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO), University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Steve Jones, PhD
Co-Investigator, Using Collaborative Virtual Environments in Preparedness and Emergency Response Planning (formerly PERUSE)
Associate Dean for Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor of Communication
University of Illinois at Chicago
Email: sjones@uic.edu
Phone: 312-996-3193
Areas of expertise: Social history of communication technology, virtual environments and virtual reality, popular music studies, media history, the Internet and social change, and the Internet¿s social and commercial uses.

Susan Kostka
Interprofessional Teamwork Coordinator, Effectiveness of Simulated Disaster Response Scenarios
Coordinator, Center for Interprofessional Education, University of Minnesota

Aggie Leitheiser, RN, MPH
Co-Investigator, Retrospective Cohort Study of Responders Training and System Performance
Director of Emergency Preparedness, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Minnesota Department of Health
Instructor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Elizabeth McClure, MD, MPH
Co-Investigator, Effectiveness of Simulated Disaster Response Scenarios
Medical Director, AHC Office of Emergency Response
University of Minnesota
Email: emcclure@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-3119
Areas of expertise: Influenza vaccination, pandemic influenza planning, public health emergency preparedness, and policy development.

Mac McCullough
Research Assistant, Creating High Reliability Teams for Public Health Preparedness
Student, Division of Health Policy and Management
University of Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health

Jane Miller, MA, PhD
Lead Investigator, Effectiveness of Simulated Disaster Response Scenarios
Director, AHC Simulation Center and Inter-professional Education and Resource Center
University of Minnesota
Email: mille142@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-6989
Areas of expertise: Organizational and faculty development in higher education, especially in the design and delivery of effective instruction, assessing student outcomes, and designing and conducting classroom research.

Kristi Miller, RN, MS
Consultant, Creating High Reliability Teams for Public Health Preparedness
Medical Teamwork Consultants

Colleen Monahan, DC, MPH
Lead Investigator, Using Collaborative Virtual Environments in Preparedness and Emergency Response Planning (formerly PERUSE)
Director, Center for the Advancement of Distance Education (CADE)
Adjunct Professor School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Email: cmonahan@uic.edu
Phone: 312-515-1360
Areas of expertise: Education and research in healthcare, developing online education and learning management systems for health professionals, including serious games and virtual reality software to enhance city- and state-level emergency preparedness.

Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, MEP
Education, Exercises, and Planning Unit Supervisor
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Minnesota Department of Health

Joan Rambeck, MS, RN, CPNP
Emergency Response Operations and Training Coordinator, Effectiveness of Simulated Disaster Response Scenarios Training Coordinator, AHC Office of Emergency Response University of Minnesota

William Riley, PhD
Lead Investigator, Creating High Reliability Teams for Public Health Preparedness
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Email: riley001@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-0615
Areas of expertise: Health care administration, management, and finance, quality improvement, developing and implementing incident training programs for professional teams.

Min-fen Wang, PhD
U-SEEE Assistant Scientist (Core)
Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO), University of Minnesota School of Public Health