Director, Environmental Health Effects Laboratory

Dr. Mumy is the director of the Environmental Health Effects Laboratory (EHEL) at Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-Dayton). Dr. Mumy leads the Navy’s largest basic science research lab consisting of over 40 active duty, civilian and contractor scientists who focus on deciphering and addressing the health concerns of service members exposed to environmental stressors and toxicants. She received a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Michigan Technological University and a Doctorate in Microbiology from Miami University. She was then selected for a joint post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Her post-doctoral research focused on infectious diseases, mucosal immunology, and the underlying mechanisms of inflammation. Previously she was an assistant microbiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and research instructor at Harvard Medical School and performed infectious disease research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She then joined EHEL in 2009 as a research microbiologist and was appointed deputy director in 2012 prior to becoming director in 2017.