Elaine Abrams
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Columbia University
Harlem Hospital Center
Elaine Abrams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brooklyn, New York |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Epidemiology |
| Institutions | Columbia University Harlem Hospital Center |
Elaine Abrams is an American physician and epidemiologist who is a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University. She looks to optimize the treatment of people living with HIV and prevent illness amongst children. She is a founding member of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program (ICAP) at Columbia.
Abrams grew up in Brooklyn.[1] Her mother was a Holocaust survivor.[1] She was an undergraduate student at Princeton University[1] and a medical student at Columbia University.[1] She completed her specialty training at the Harlem Hospital Center.[1] She was working in New York during the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, and established the Harlem Hospital Center Family Care Center in 1989. The Center was founded to respond to the epidemic of HIV infection in young people in New York City.[1] During this time she became a fierce advocate for women's health.[1]
