The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology welcomes the return of Dr. Michael J. Root to our faculty. Dr. Root rejoins SKMC from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He earned his AB, PhD, and MD degrees from Harvard University and conducted fellowship training at MIT. Prior to joining OSU in 2020, Dr. Root was a faculty member at Jefferson. His research utilizes biophysical approaches to understand the mechanisms by which HIV enters human cells, with publications appearing in PNAS, Science, and PLOS Pathogens.
Beyond research, Dr. Root has also held significant leadership roles in graduate and medical education at both Thomas Jefferson University and OSU. At Jefferson, he served as the Assistant Dean for graduate affairs in the Jefferson College of Life Sciences, was a member of the Steering Committee that led to the JeffMD curricular redesign within SKMC, and served as Director of the Integrated Structural Biology Facility within the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Similarly, Dr. Root held a number of leadership roles at OSU, including as Director of the Master’s Program in Medical Sciences. In addition to his role in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dr. Root will assume roles in both graduate and medical education at Jefferson.
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