Michelle Eckstein is the Senior Education and Quality Assurance Administrator for the Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology (CCMP), which serves Weill Cornell Medicine, the Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. At the CCMP, she provides support in regulatory compliance, occupational health management, and animal welfare education. Her prior role at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) included research support of animal models involved in viral pathogenesis and pre-clinical vaccine development within ABSL2 and ABSL3 containment. She is a Certified Manager Animal Resources (CMAR) and Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA).