Meet our Pilot Awardees
GEAR 2.0 Grantees (2024-2025)
Adrian Haimovich, MD, PhD | 2024-2025 - GEAR 2.0
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine | Harvard Medical School | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Haimovich was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. He will work on his project titled, “Feasibility of a stakeholder-informed sleep hygiene intervention for persons living with dementia in the Emergency Department (SLEEP-ED)” at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Michelle A. Fischer, MD, MPH | 2024-2025 - GEAR 2.0
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine | The Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Dr. Fischer was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work With Dr. Wright on their project titled, “Penn State Emergency Medicine CarES: Care-partner Evaluation and Sourcing in the ED” at the Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Rollin M. Wright, MD, MS, MPH | 2024-2025 - GEAR 2.0
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine | The Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Dr. Wright was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work with Dr. Fischer on their project titled, “Penn State Emergency Medicine CarES: Care-partner Evaluation and Sourcing in the ED” at the Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH, MS | 2024-2025 - GEAR 2.0
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine | Stanford University
Dr. Lin was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work on her project titled, “Functional and Cognitive Outcomes and Recovery after Emergency Department Visits among Older Adults with Dementia (FACTOR-ED)” at the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.
GEAR 2.0 Grantees (2023-2024)
Anita Chary, MD, PhD | 2023-2024 - GEAR 2.0
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine | Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Chary was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work on her project titled, “A Qualitative Study of Health Priorities and Emergency Department Communication with Black and Hispanic Persons Living with Dementia and Care Partners” at Baylor College of Medicine.
Elizabeth Goldberg, MD, ScM | 2023-2024 - GEAR 2.0
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine | University of Colorado School of Medicine
Dr. Goldberg was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work on her project titled, “Modifying the GAPcare Fall Prevention Intervention with Patients with Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers” at University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Justine Seidenfeld, MD | 2023-2024 - GEAR 2.0
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine; Core Investigator, Center for Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice | Durham VA Health Care System
Dr. Seidenfeld was awarded the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work on her project titled, “Characterizing Emergency Department Disposition Conversations for Veterans with Dementia Using Direct Observations” at the Durham VA Medical Center.
GEAR 2.0 Grantees (2022-2023)
Brock Daniels, MD, MPH | 2022-2023 - 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 | 2022-2023 - 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.
Awards: Dr. Gettel received the 2023 AGS Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Award.
Alexander S. Lo, MD, PhD | 2022-2023 - 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 | 2022-2023 - 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 with Dr. Lo on his project titled, “Improving Emergency Department Care and Care Transitions: Perspectives of Persons Living with Dementia and their Care Partners” at Northwestern University.
Diversity Supplement Scholar (2023-2025)
Jacqueline Sandoval, MS | 2023-2025 - GEAR 2.0 – Diversity Supplement Scholar
Research Associate 1, Department of Emergency Medicine | Yale University
Ms. Sandoval was awarded an NIA Diversity Supplement under the Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network Grant. She will work on her project titled, “Discharge care transitions for patients with dementia: a qualitative study of Hispanic patients’ and families’ experiences in the Emergency Department” at the Yale School of Medicine.