Emily Landon

Emily Landon

  • Title: Associate Professor of Medicine; Executive Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
  • Education: BA, Augustana College; MD, Loyola University
  • Joined UChicago Medicine: 2010
  • emily.landon@uchospitals.edu
  • @emilymicheleL

Emily Landon

Departmental website:
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/emily-landon

Emily Landon’s research is focused on protecting patients from the harm and mortality that come from healthcare-associated infections and suboptimal use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials. She studies novel electronic hand hygiene monitoring techniques and evaluates the impact of direct, individual-level feedback to encourage provider actions that prevent infections.

Landon Stories

What can you do to prevent getting bird flu? Photo of a person wearing protective equipment working with chickens in a facility.

What can you do to prevent getting bird flu?

UChicago Medicine expert answers commonly asked questions

When should I use a rapid COVID test, and how accurate are they? Rapid test for COVID-19

When should I use a rapid COVID test, and how accurate are they?

Q&A with UChicago infectious disease expert Emily Landon

What you should know about the new monkeypox outbreak Monkeypox virus

What you should know about the new monkeypox outbreak

UChicago infectious disease expert answers common questions

How to keep yourself safe from COVID-19 Man wears a face mask on the train

How to keep yourself safe from COVID-19

From masks to vaccines, Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon answers questions about protecting your health

What you should know about COVID-19 booster shots and third vaccine doses An adhesive bandage on arm, signifying the completion of a COVID-19 vaccine dose

What you should know about COVID-19 booster shots and third vaccine doses

Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon answers common questions about additional vaccine doses

Got your COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s what you should do next Person lifting the sleeve of their shirt to show the bandage over their covid-19 vaccination

Got your COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s what you should do next

UChicago Medicine’s Emily Landon discusses herd immunity, possible return to pre-pandemic lifestyle

UChicago outlines steps to help limit spread of new COVID-19 variants Thumbnail

UChicago outlines steps to help limit spread of new COVID-19 variants

University sets new requirements to keep campus, surrounding communities safe

Celebrating the holidays? Here’s how to protect your family from COVID-19 A reindeer made out of a face mask

Celebrating the holidays? Here’s how to protect your family from COVID-19

Safe celebrations are possible in a pandemic, but they may require tough decisions

As COVID-19 cases rise, UChicago physician says: ‘Stop fussing and put your mask on’ Dr. Emily Landon discusses COVID-19 in a news conference

As COVID-19 cases rise, UChicago physician says: ‘Stop fussing and put your mask on’

As holidays near, UChicago Medicine’s Emily Landon highlights risk of indoor gatherings

COVID 2025: How the pandemic is changing our world COVID 2025

COVID 2025: How the pandemic is changing our world

Video series explores impacts of coronavirus—from health care to international relations

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Ashley Heher

Director of Media Relations, University of Chicago Medical Center

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Expertise

Bone and Joint Infections, Epidemiology, Public health, COVID-19, Medical ethics