Who We Are
GEAR 1.0

Ula Hwang, MD, MPH (Research Core Lead) – PI
Professor of Emergency Medicine | Yale University School of Medicine

Chris Carpenter, MD, MSc (Emergency Medicine Dissemination & Implementation Core Lead)
Professor of Emergency Medicine | Washington University of Saint Louis School of Medicine

Cindy Brandt, MD, MPH (Data/Informatics Core Lead)
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology & Biostatistics | VA Connecticut, Yale University

Nicki Hastings, MD (Geriatrics Dissemination & Implementation Core Lead)
Professor of Medicine & Population Health Sciences; Director, Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery & Practice Transformation (ADAPT) Duke University School of Medicine & Durham VA Health Care System

William Hung, MD, MPH (Geriatrics Measurement Core Lead)
Professor of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine | Mount Sinai

Raymond Kang, MA (Research Core Lead)
Team Leader Database, Center for Community Health | Northwestern University

Tim Platts-Mills, MD, MSc (Emergency Medicine Measurement Core Lead)
Senior Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Quantworks, Inc.
GEAR 1.0 Grantees

Scott Dresden, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Dresden was awarded a Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (1.0) Network Grant. He will work on his project titled, “Identifying Older Adults with Delirium in the Emergency Department: Risk Factors and Phenotypes” at Northwestern University.

Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine | Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Gettel was awarded a Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (1.0) Network Grant. He will work on his project titled, “A health equity assessment of What Matters to older adults and patient-perceived success of ED care Transitions” at Yale University.

Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine | University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine
Dr. Skains was awarded a Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (1.0) Network Grant. She will work on his project titled, “Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Prescribed at Emergency Department Discharge on Geriatric Patient-Level Outcomes” at the Universty of Alabama.