Michael Osterholm

At-a-Glance

Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota.
Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Named to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board in November 2020.
Served as Special Advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary on bioterrorism and public health preparedness from 2001 to 2005.
Appointed to the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity in 2005.
Received his M.S., Ph.D. in environmental health, and M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota.

Biography

Michael Thomas Osterholm is an American epidemiologist and a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, a role he holds currently. His academic background includes a B.

A. in biology and political science from Luther College, followed by an M.S.

and Ph.D. in environmental health, and an M.

P.H. in epidemiology, all from the University of Minnesota.