Michelle Abelson — Laboratory Director of Operations at Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

Mr. Michelle Abelson Ph.D. serves as Laboratory Director of Operations at LabCorp. Mr. Abelson served as Project Administrator, Compliance Officer & Knowledge and Learning Specialist until December, 2013. Mr. Abelson served as Director, Infectious Disease Molecular Testing for ViroMed of Esoterix, Inc. until, February, 2010. Dr. Abelson has 10 years of laboratory experience and has authored over 28 scientific papers and abstracts. Dr. Abelson received her B.A in Biomedical Science from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. She then received her M.S and Ph.D in Biomedical Science, concentration Microbiology/Virology from James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN. Her Postdoctoral Fellowship was completed in Bacterial and Viral Pathogenesis and she was the recipient of a NIH-NRSA training grant in Molecular Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota, Department of Microbiology in Minneapolis, MN.