Azam Ali Sher earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, in Faisalabad, Pakistan. He completed his Master of Science in Epidemiology in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. He then completed a PhD in Comparative Medicine Integrative Biology focusing on the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in the human gut microbiota using a tractable and transplanted mouse model. Dr. Sher is an investigator with expertise in infectious diseases with experience in advanced epidemiology, microbiology, and bioinformatics. He is a well versed and independent researcher, mentor, and team member aiming to address complex research problems in infectious diseases.