Michael W. Ross

​​​​​​Michael W. Ross, PhD MedDr DSc, is a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He holds a master's and diploma in criminology from the University of Cambridge, an MPH from the University of Adelaide, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Melbourne, Australia. His MedDr is from Malmö University, Sweden, and his DSc is from Massey University, New Zealand. Dr. Ross’s research interests include cross-cultural studies, Internet data collection, and populations with different sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as prison populations. He also focuses on STIs and HIV. He is familiar with large international data sets involving sexual and gender minorities and has worked extensively in Europe, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the U.S.