The Coordination and Evaluation Provider (CEP) is a multidisciplinary team established to support ALAI UP’s goal of increasing uptake and expanding access to LAI ART, with a focus on reducing HIV-related health inequities and improving viral suppression among priority populations.

The CEP is composed of experts in clinical care, behavioral and implementation science, capacity building, and evaluation from:

• Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • Kathrine Meyers, Nadia Nguyen, Charlie Ferrusi, Ravi Brenner

• Division of Infectious Diseases at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • Jason Zucker, Delivette Castor

• NYC Health Department – Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STIs

  • Moya Brown-Lopez, Marilyn Blasingame, Mamta Karani, Tara Melfi, Maggie Berrigan

• Southeast AIDS Education and Training Center at Vanderbilt University

  • Cody Chastain, Jenn Burdge

• Hunter Alliance for Research and Translation at Hunter College (CUNY)

  • Sarit Golub, Liz Furuya

• Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • Bryan Kutner

• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

  • Jenna Eldib, Kerri Carnevale

In partnership with the ALAI UP Advisory Board, comprised of people with lived experience and community members, the CEP helps the eight ALAI UP demonstration sites implement and sustain LAI ART by co-developing protocols and resources, delivering technical assistance, building provider capacity, and leading rigorous monitoring and evaluation to support continuous quality improvement.