Our Leadership
Directors
Dr. Ali Moghtaderi, Director
Dr. Ali Moghtaderi, PhD, MBA is a health economist and and Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. Dr. Moghtaderi has been a vital member of the Institute since its founding in 2019 and brings deep expertise in health economics and policy to the fields of brain health and dementia. His research primarily focuses on the impact of regulations, market structure, and financial incentives on physicians’ and patients’ behaviors, patient outcomes, and healthcare costs, often using causal research designs.
Dr. Christina Prather, Clinical Director
Dr. Christina Prather, MD, FACP is Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the Clinical Director of the GW Institute for Brain Health and Dementia. In her clinical practice, Dr. Prather is committed to providing the highest quality, patient-centered care to older adults with cognitive disorders and helping individuals living with serious illness access symptom management and achieve their highest quality of life. Dr. Prather enjoys the privilege of serving as the Geriatric Liaison to George Washington University Hospital’s Center for Trauma and Critical Care where she cares for older adult during times of acute illness and injury with an emphasis on delirium, cognitive health, and maintenance of function. As the co-director of GW’s Geriatric Memory Evaluation and Treatment Clinic, she is committed to providing person-centered care for patients and families living with memory loss to optimize function and quality of life, focusing on what matters most to individuals and their loved ones. As an educator, she is a leader in geriatric and palliative medicine education and believes that all health care professionals should be able to identify and meet the unique needs of older adults and persons with cognitive impairment. Dr. Prather believes that geriatricians play an important role in supporting families in understanding their loved one's illness and that through education and research we can improve access to care and quality of life for all seniors and their families.
Subcommittee Leadership
Dr. Adam Ciarleglio, Co-Chair of Student Engagement Subcommittee
Dr. Adam Ciarleglio, PhD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. He is broadly interested in integrating functional data analysis, machine learning, and treatment regime estimation methods to address questions in public health and medical research, especially those related to mental health. He completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine in 2016. Prior to joining GWU, he was a faculty member in the Division of Mental Health Data Science at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Department of Biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
Dr. Margaret Ulfers, Co-Chair of Student Engagement Subcommittee
Dr. Margaret Ulfers, PhD is a full-time teaching professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the George Washington University. Dr. Ulfers teaches the core principles of epidemiology and study design. She also mentors and advises MPH students as they complete their CEs. Dr. Ulfers continues to explore ways, formal and informal to better prepare students who struggle with the qualitative aspects of epidemiology and preparation for biostatistics.