Dr. Mody is the Amanda Sanford Hickey Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Michigan, PI of the Infection Prevention in Aging Research Group, and Associate Director of Translational Research for the Geriatrics Center. She is one of very few internists in this country with an expertise in aging populations, epidemiology, an active wet research laboratory in microbiology, and a translational research agenda focused on vulnerable aging population. She has mentored several junior faculty, fellows, post-doctoral students and residents in conducting clinical, epidemiologic as well as laboratory-based research projects and has had uninterrupted NIH funding since 2003. Her work is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Veteran Affairs (VA) and various foundations.

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In the news:

• May 24, 2017 Healio: Multi-faceted approach reduces CAUTIs among nursing home patients
• May 22, 2017 Infection Control Today: Study shows 54 percent drop in CAUTIs among nursing home residents
• May 19, 2017 Medical Xpress: Nursing homes cut urinary tract infections in half through focused effort on catheter care
• October 6, 2016 Infection Control Today: U-M researchers to study role of patients’ hands as key factors in the spread of superbugs
• October 6, 2016 UMHS News: CDC taps Mody and other U-M researchers for major effort to fight “superbug” bacteria through research
• October 6, 2016 IHPI: CDC taps Mody and other U-M researchers for major effort to fight “superbug” bacteria
• June 23, 2016 Health Standards: Balancing infection control and patient engagement
• June 16, 2016 Newsmax Health: 1 in 3 seniors leave hospital with superbug