Faculty Profile
Arnold S. Monto, MD
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
- Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
- Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health
Dr. Monto's primary current concerns include occurrence, etiology and prevention of infectious diseases in industrialized and developing countries; frequency and cause of respiratory infections in families living in the community, and in factors which predict the occurrence and prevention of these illnesses; research and training to respond to bioterrorist threats.
Additional Affiliations:
Acting Chair of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee
- MD, Cornell University, 1958
- BA, Cornell University, 1954
Research Interests:
Prevention and treatment of influenza; Epidemiology of respiratory infection; Infectious
disease epidemiology.
Research Projects:
Hand hygiene and mask use interventions for reducing influenza transmission in the
community setting (The M-FLU Study)
Email: asmonto@umich.edu
Areas of Expertise: Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice, Respiratory Viruses, Vaccines
Arnold Monto in the News
Looking at 10 years of data, experts recommend improvements to the flu vaccine
Q&A with Arnold Monto
4 Myths about What It Means for a Vaccine to Be 'FDA Approved'
Arnold Monto Quoted in HuffPost