After his PhD McMichael completed his postdoctoral research supervised by
Hugh McDevitt at
Stanford University. In 1977 he returned to the UK to study the T cell response to HIV infection. His research group have created two HIV vaccines which were tested in phase I clinical trials. McMichael became director of the
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in 2000, and remained so until 2012. He founded the MRC Human Immunology Unit in 1998 as honorary director until 2010. McMichael has supervised over 55 DPhil students over his career, •
Malegapuru Makgoba, Professor of Immunology and former Vice-Chancellor & Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. • Matilu Mwau Professor and Executive Director of the Consortium for National Health Research • Paul Bowness, Professor of Experimental Rheymatology • Awen Gallimore, Professor of Cancer Immunology • Paul Klenerman, Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology •
Dan Barouch, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Harvard Medical School • Sophie Hambleton, Professor of Paediatrics & Immunology •
Suranjith Seneviratne, Professor, Director of the Centre for Mast Cell Disorders and the President of the UK-Sri Lanka Immunology Foundation. • Ling-Pei Ho, Professor of Respiratory Immunology In addition McMichael supervised postdoctoral researchers, including Tomáš Hanke (Professor of Vaccine Immunology), and Sarah Rowland-Jones (Professor of Immunology). == Awards and honours ==