Our Team
The Equip Center has multiple principal investigators (MPls) from multiple institutions to guide the center and its cores. Columbia serves as the lead site and coordinates all P30 grant activities. At Columbia, the team includes Jason Adelman, MD, MS (contact Pl), Nathalie Moise, MD, MS, Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN, and Carmela Alcantara, PhD. Erika Abramson, MD, MSc. from Cornell and Sharon Rikin, MD, MS from Einstein will serve as Advisory Committee Site Leads.
Their combined expertise in quality and safety, implementation science, informatics, and PCOR/CER — and significant experience as AHRQ, PCORI, and NIH-funded researchers and gifted mentors — are pivotal to the success of the EQUIP Center. Site Leads work in partnership with internal advisors from each institution as well as stakeholder advisors from the broader community represented by Community STAR ambassadors, Clinical ambassadors, The Dalio Center, and the NY State Dept of Health.
Leaders and Advisors
Columbia Principal Investigators
Jason S. Adelman, MD, MS
- Associate Professor of Medicine (in Biomedical Informatics) at CUMC
Affilitation
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Research Expertise
- Quality and Safety
- Informatics
Nathalie Moise, MD, MS
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Affilitation
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Research Expertise
- Implementation Science
- PCOR and CER
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FHFSA
- Mary Crawford Professor of Nursing
Affilitation
Columbia University, School of Nursing
Research Expertise
- PCOR and CER
- Informatics
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Carmela Alcántara, PhD
- Professor of Social Work
Affilitation
Columbia University, School of Social Work
Research Expertise
- Public Health
- Behavioral Medicine
Weill Cornell Principal Investigators
Erika Abramson, MD, MSc
- Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences
Affilitation
Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College
Research Expertise
- Pediatric Care
- Population Health
Einstein Principal Investigators
Sharon Rikin, MD, MS
- Associate Dean for Institutional Quality Improvement
Affilitation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Research Expertise
- Quality and Improvement
Community Board
An essential component of our EQUIP Center is the inclusion of patient-centered stakeholders and community groups, who are contributing their values, preferences, needs, and priorities to inform LHS projects.
Our Community Board is composed of advisors drawn from local community boards and clinicians who work in our tri-institutional LHS. The community board is critical for responding to the immediate healthcare needs of the communities served.