Who We Are
GEAR 2.0 - Leadership

Ula Hwang, MD, MPH (Detection Workgroup) - MPI
Professor of Emergency Medicine | Yale University School of Medicine

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH (Care Transitions Workgroup) - MPI
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

Scott Dresden, MD, MS (Research Core Lead)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
GEAR 2.0 Grantees (Round 1)

Brock Daniels, MD, MPH | 1st Round Grantee - GEAR 2.0
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine | Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Daniels was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. He will work on his project titled, “Using Mobile Integrated Health and Telehealth to Perform In-Home Fall-Risk Reduction among Persons Living with Dementia after a Sentinel Emergency Department Encounter” at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS | 1st Round Grantee - GEAR 2.0
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine |Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Gettel was awarded Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. He will work on his project titled, “ED-to-community care transitions for persons living with dementia and care partners: development, implementation, and pilot testing of a novel artificial intelligence + care coach intervention” at Yale School of Medicine.

Alexander S. Lo, MD, PhD | 1st Round Grantee - GEAR 2.0
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Lo was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. He will work on his project titled, “Improving Emergency Department Care and Care Transitions: Perspectives of Persons Living with Dementia and their Care Partners” at Northwestern University.

Megan McHugh, PhD | 1st Round Grantee - GEAR 2.0
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. McHugh was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work on his project titled, “Improving Emergency Department Care and Care Transitions: Perspectives of Persons Living with Dementia and their Care Partners” at Northwestern University.