AVP, Infection Prevention, Field Support and Research
HCA Healthcare, US
Julia Moody, MS SM(ASCP) CIC FAPIC
AVP, Infection Prevention
Clinical Operations Group
Julia Moody received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and Master of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Julia has experience in various acute care settings beginning as a clinical microbiology technologist to health care quality leadership with the VA Medical Centers, a Level 1 Trauma metropolitan medical center, the Group Health Minnesota - Integrated Healthcare System, and HCA acute care facilities prior to coming to HCA Healthcare as corporate manager of infection prevention in Nashville TN in 2008. She has promotions to corporate director and AVP Infection Prevention for HCA Healthcare.
Julia has special interests in clinical microbiology, infectious diseases, infection prevention, public health, epidemiology and research. Julia is a member of several professional organizations including APIC = Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention, SHEA = Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, ASM = American Society of Microbiology and ASCP = American Society of Clinical Pathology. She has served on local APIC chapter boards and national APIC/SHEA advisory workgroups.
Julia is an author of the antimicrobial susceptibility testing chapter in the Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, co-author and workgroup chair of the APIC/SHEA position paper on the role of The Infection Preventionist/Hospital Epidemiologist in Antimicrobial Stewardship; and co-authored the APIC 2011 MRSA elimination guide, the 2014 & 2022 Compendium MRSA prevention chapter, and APIC 2014 text chapter on Information technology. Julia is an author in over 70 publications and a study investigator in the REDUCE MRSA, STOP SSI, ABATE, SWAP OUT and CLUSTER funded AHRQ, CDC and NIH trials to reduce healthcare associated infections.
