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:

• April 24, 2020 WBUR Here & Now: CDC Asks Nursing Homes To Disclose Coronavirus Cases
• April 23, 2020 University of Michigan: Survey of Michigan nursing homes at start of current pandemic suggests great improvement since just before the H1N1 pandemic
• April 5, 2020 Washington Post: Dozens of cases, and 10 deaths. Inside Maryland’s worst coronavirus outbreak
• March 18, 2020 GeriPal: Covid19: Podcast with Lona Mody and John Mills
• March 6, 2020 AJC: Coronavirus exposes gaps in infection controls for senior-care homes
• March 6, 2020 News India Times: The U.S. health system is showing why it’s not ready for a coronavirus pandemic
• March 4, 2020 Washington Post: U.S. health system is showing why it’s not ready for a coronavirus pandemic
• February 28, 2020 US News: Coronavirus Strikes Men, Older People the Hardest