Nelson Michael

Nelson Michael's work experience includes serving as the Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research since 2019. Prior to that, they were an ORISE Fellow at the same institute from March 2019 to July 2019. From 2018 to 2019, they served as the Deputy Director of MHRP HJF at The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. Nelson's earlier roles at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research include being a Transitioning Army Officer, Deputy Commander, Director of MHRP, Department Chief, and Research Physician from 1989 to 2018.

Nelson Michael attended Punahou School from 1971 to 1975. From 1975 to 1979, they pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from UCLA. Following that, from 1979 to 1986, they attended Stanford University School of Medicine where they earned both an M.D. and Ph.D. with a focus on Medicine and Cancer Biology. Finally, from 1986 to 1989, Nelson Michael studied Internal Medicine-MGH at Harvard Medical School.