James M. Musser, MD, PhD is the immediate Past-President for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and a Past-President of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP). He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine and the Director of the Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research at Houston Methodist. Dr. Musser was the recipient of the 2017 ASIP Rous Whipple Award, the 2007 ASIP Chugai Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Scholarship, and the 1999 ASIP Outstanding Investigator Award.