Biography

Michael Gale, Jr, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Nancy C. and Jeffrey A. Marcus Endowed Scholar in Medicine Research
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Michael Gale, Jr, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, as well as the Nancy C. and Jeffrey A. Marcus Endowed Scholar in Medical Research. He received his undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Washington and his PhD in Pathobiology at the University’s School of Public Health and Community Medicine in Seattle, Washington. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington School of Medicine in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Katze. Dr. Gale teaches Basic and Molecular Virology to second year medical and graduate students at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Gale is a formally trained molecular virologist and specialist in interferon biology. He has studied the virology and viral immunology of herpes viruses, retroviruses, including HIV and SIV, influenza virus, hepatitis C virus, and West Nile virus. Dr. Gale directs a research program that is part of the Hepatitis C Virus Cooperative Research Centers national network and is focused on defining the virus-host interactions that support hepatitis C virus replication, persistence, and the response to antiviral therapy. In addition, Dr. Gale’s research also encompasses molecular studies aimed at understanding the virus-host interactions that support and control West Nile virus infection.

Dr. Gale is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society for Virology, American Society for Microbiology, and the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research. He has published over 55 research papers, numerous review articles, and chapters that address fundamental issues of virology, interferon biology, and innate antiviral host response to infection. He is a recipient of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research Young Investigator Award, is currently an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Global Infectious Disease Research, and has received both the Burroughs Welcome New Investigator in Infectious Disease Research award and the Research Achievement award from the W.M. Keck Foundation. Dr. Gale sits on the editorial boards of Virology and the Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several biomedical research journals.