He previously spent 11 years at UCL in the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and the Farr Institute for Health Informatics. He has research interests in research investments analyses, global burden of disease, health policy, care home research and scabies outbreaks. Michael graduated from his PhD by published works (Amsterdam Institute in Global Health, University of Amsterdam) in May 2016, and he completed postgraduate study in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Portsmouth.

Ebola research funding: a systematic analysis, 1997–2015 - Fitchett, Joseph R.A., Lichtman, Amos, Soyode, Damilola T., Low, Ariel, Villar de Onis, Jimena, Head, Michael G. and Atun, Rifat Published:2016Publication:Journal of Global HealthVolume:6, (2)Page Range:1-10doi:10.7189/jogh.06.020703 Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation in middle-income countries - Tricarico, Serena, McNeil, Hannah C., Cleary, David W., Head, Michael G., Lim , Victor, Kok Seng Yap, Ivan, Chun Wie, Chong, Siang Tan, Cheng, Norazmi, Mohd Nor, Ismail, Aziah, Seong Guan Cheah, Eddy, Faust, Saul N., Jefferies, Johanna M.C., Roderick, Paul J., Moore, Michael, Yuen, Ho Ming, Newell, Marie-Louise, Mcgrath, Nuala, Webb, Jeremy, Doncaster, C. Patrick, Kraaijeveld, Alex R., Webb, Jeremy S. and Clarke, Stuart C. Published:2016Publication:PneumoniaPage Range:1-26 Inadvisable anti-vaccination sentiment from the Cochrane Collaboration: Human Papilloma Virus immunisation falsely under the microscope - Head, Michael G., Wind-Mozley, Magdalen and Flegg, Peter Published:2016Publication:NPJ VaccinesPage Range:1-6