Mary Tinetti, MD
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Investigative Medicine

Dr. Tinetti is the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health and Director of the Yale Program on Aging, including the NIA-funded Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Dr. Tinetti is a leading expert in the area of falls and fall injury. Through a series of epidemiologic and intervention studies, she was the first investigator to identify that older persons at risk for falling and injury could be identified, that falls and injuries were associated with a range of serious adverse outcomes, and that multifactorial risk reduction strategies were effective and cost-effective. She is now developing and testing methods to translate these research findings into practice. She has also published extensively on functional disability, mobility impairment, and the adverse effects of multiple medications. Her most recent area of investigation is clinical decision-making in the face of multiple competing health conditions. She is well versed in the range of clinical research methodologies having conducted and participated in small translational studies, large epidemiological studies, and clinical trials. Dr. Tinetti has been continuously funded by the NIH and several foundations since 1984. She has served as the primary mentor to over 30 medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty and is presently the mentor for four active or pending VA or K series career awardees.