Abraham A. Brody

Abraham (Ab) Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN is Assistant Dean for Transformational Excellence in Aging, and the Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing and Professor of Medicine. In this capacity, he leads the robust Aging at Meyers portfolio of geriatrics and palliative care research, education, and external programs. He is also the founder of Aliviado Health, an implementation arm of HIGN focused on implementing high-quality, evidence-based care to support persons living with dementia and their care partners.

Prof. Brody’s research focuses on developing and testing interventions for diverse and underserved older adults with serious illnesses and their care partners. His work, tested in large-scale clinical trials leverages emerging technologies, including precision health and machine learning, to support the healthcare workforce, seriously ill individuals, and their families, and ensures that evidence-based solutions can be implemented effectively in real-world clinical settings.

An internationally recognized leader, he is uniquely situated amongst nurse scientist as a principal investigator of two large NIH funded consortiums. As an MPI of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, he works to advance the science of conducting large-scale pragmatic clinical trials to improve real-world care for persons living with dementia and their care partners. As an MPI of the ASCENT Palliative Care Consortium, he helps to build the next generation of palliative care science and scientists, where he leads the consortium’s methods cores as they build and support rigorous serious illness research. Prof. Brody is an experienced mentor and enjoys training early career faculty, PhD students, and post-doctoral scholars at NYU and nationally in geriatric and palliative care research.