Associate Dean of Academic Affairs;
Associate Professor of Pathology

Michael E. Woods, PhD is the Assistant Dean of Preclinical Education and an Associate Professor of Pathology and Founding Faculty Member at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Dr. Woods earned a B.S. in Microbiology from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He was an Association of Public Health Labs Emerging Infectious Disease Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to joining Burrell College, Dr. Woods was a scientific staff member in the Chemical and Biological Threat Awareness Program, Global Security Principal Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Woods grew up in Las Cruces and is humbled to have had the opportunity to return and contribute to the region’s future.