Gerard P. Alolod
Managing Director
Joined March 2014
Recent publications
National Library of Medicine Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/gerard.alolod.1/bibliography/public/
About
Over the past 15+ years, Gerard has led research teams focused on communication and decision-making in emotionally sensitive settings, such as cancer caregiving, disparities in organ transplantation, and organ donation conversations with bereaved families. As Managing Director and in prior roles, he has overseen large-scale, federally funded studies—including the largest U.S. quality improvement study on organ donation—conducted across 77 hospitals throughout the country. His responsibilities span supervising teams, managing mixed-methods data collection and analysis, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, and ensuring that our research is translated into actionable interventions.
Gerard graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and then pursued a Ph.D. in applied anthropology at Columbia University.
Orcid #
0000-0001-7137-5967