Speakers

Nelson L. Michael, M.D., Ph.D. is the Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Research. Dr. Michael from University of California, Los Angeles in 1979 with a degree in biology and from Stanford University with M.D. and Ph.D. (cancer biology) degrees in 1986. He trained in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital from 1986-1989. Prior to his current position, Dr. Michael served for 29 years in the U.S. Army at WRAIR including 12 years as the Director of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program and 8 months as the WRAIR Deputy Commander. Dr. Michael retired from the U.S. Army on 30 September 2018 at the rank of Colonel. He served on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (2009-2016) and the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Development Team (2020-2022). Dr. Michael’s research interests include SARS-CoV-2, HIV molecular pathogenesis and host genetics, HIV clinical research and HIV/Ebola/MERS Co-V and ZIKV vaccine development. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is the author or coauthor of more than 480 scientific publications and eight textbooks.