Michele is currently a Senior Research Assistant at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. Her interests include risk management and communication, effective translation of science into policy, and more recently, using a systems approach to fix ineffective or outdated policy. Since obtaining a Master’s in Health Science and a Certificate in Risk Science and Public Policy in 2012, she has been working on communications with congressional offices on Capitol Hill, conducting legislative analysis, producing advocacy materials and organizing consultation meetings with congressional offices.