Dr. Alexander Panda

Dr. Alexander Panda is an Assistant Professor at Tufts Medical School and a Scientist on the Nutritional Immunology Team at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), Boston, MA.

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His research interests involve the age-associated defects of pattern recognition receptors and the role of zinc as a potential nutritional intervention to combat pneumonias in nursing home patients, and challenges of malnutrition in disadvantaged populations.

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He is one of the principal investigators for the Zinc intervention in prevention of pneumonia in elderly (ZIPP) study funded by the National Blood Heart and Lung Institute (NHLBI) and a former B. Beeson Clinical Scientist Development Award in Aging Scholar.

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He is board certified in Infectious diseases, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Panda received his MD from the Medical Faculty of the Alexander von Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany; PhD from Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; and MPH from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.