Epidemiology Expert Witnesses in Arizona

This highly qualified occupational safety and health expert has over thirty years of experience. He earned his BS in occupational safety and health from Columbia Southern University. He is a board certified safety professional, environmental safety and health trainer, and construction health and safety technician. This expert is also a certified hazardous materials manager. He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the National Safety Management Society, and the ASSE Construction Safety Division. He remains current in his field by publishing and presenting on issues ranging from emergency response to construction safety. Formerly, he served as a hazmat rescuer and construction safety specialist in California. He is currently the environmental health and safety director for a site safety consultancy.

This extremely qualified infectious disease specialist has received his education and medical training from among the finest institutions in the country. Over his 30+ years of medical practice in the field of infectious diseases, he has been appointed to high ranking medical directorships of several major infectious disease programs in the west coast. He is also a fellow of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, as well as the American College of Physicians.

Al Barqawi, MD, FRCS, is an Associate clinical Professor and Lecturer in the Division of Urology at University of Colorado School of medicine. Dr. Barqawi also serves as Director of Research in the Section of Urologic Oncology. He has expertise in urologic oncology and general Urology primarily in prostate disease, early detection, novel imaging and treatment applications and epidemiology. He is interested in men’s health research, particularly sexual function and testosterone effect on general health. He also acts as the Principal Investigator for several national research projects. He pioneered 3D imaging of the prostate gland and focal targeted therapy for prostate cancer. He performed the first focal interstitial laser therapy of the prostate in the US. He also initiated the first phase I study for intra-prostatic injection of Botox for the treatment of BPH. He published more than 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He presented at many national and international meetings. He is also an elected member of the Editorial Board for several national and international medical journals. He serves regularly on the scientific committees for National science foundation and department of defense grant meetings.

This highly qualified expert has extensive knowledge of regulatory and legislative issues relating to the healthcare industry and of eHealth governance. He received both his MAS and PhD degrees focusing in health policy and law and global health from the University of California, San Diego, and has worked as a consultant or expert for various organizations including the World Health Organization, US Department of State, US Department of Justice and others. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American Public Health Association and is the current program chair of the APHA Trade and health forum. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has received multiple honors for his outstanding research. He has published 100+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves on the editorial board at BMC Medicine and is an associate editor at BMC Public Health. He is the former senior research associate at the California Western School of Law's Institute of Health Law Studies and the former senior legal and compliance specialist at ResMed Inc. Currently, he is the director of a major health policy research institute and an assistant professor of global public health at a major school of medicine, where he also directs the master's degree program in health policy and law.

This expert is extremely well qualified in the field of Craniofacial Plastic Surgery. He received his MD from Yale University School of Medicine and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington. He completed residencies in Head & Neck Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine before completing a Head and Neck Reconstruction and Skull Base Surgery fellowship at the University of Oviedo in Spain. He is very well published in his field with over 90 peer-reviewed articles, 19 book chapters, and 2 books in his field. He has held multiple academic roles at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado teaching Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Otolaryngology. He is currently Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Director of Craniofacial Microsurgery and Trauma at a major university, and he is the Director of Cleft and Craniofacial Center and Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at a university-affiliated children's hospital.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in the occupational health and safety field. He received his BS from Oakland University and MPH in Environmental Health from the University of Michigan. He has been certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene since 1980. He is also certified by the State of California, Division of Occupational Safety and Health as a Certified Asbestos Consultant, and holds all accreditations for asbestos offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In 2008, he was presented the Fellow Award by the American Industrial Hygiene Association for his contributions to the practice of industrial hygiene. He has served on several Cal/OSHA Technical Advisory Committees and sits on the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee. He has co-authored three books on OSHA compliance and more than two dozen technical papers on exposure to hazardous substances in occupational settings.

This well-published and highly distinguished expert earned her BS and MS in Biology from Peking University in China. She then went on to complete her PhD in Genetics from Iowa State University. She pursued two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biological Chemistry and Medicine from UC Irvine. This expert is active in her field as a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Cancer Research, the Society for Melanoma Research, the American Society of Preventive Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She has been honored with a number of awards, including the Presidential Research Award from the Chinese Academy of Science, the Research Excellence Award from Iowa State and the Faculty Research Award in Medicine from UC-Irvine. She is a prolific researcher in her field with over 30 peer-reviewed publications. Formerly, she was an Assistant Professional Researcher of Epidemiology and Medicine as well as an Assistant Project Scientist of Medicine at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This expert is currently an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at a Top-Tier Medical School.