Michael Caldwell

Michael Caldwell

 Photo: Michael. W Bunch/Metro

Meharry Medical College has hired former Metro Health Director Michael Caldwell to work on treatments for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Caldwell resigned as Metro’s health chief in December after a human resources investigation detailed sexist treatment of female subordinate employees. During a December meeting at which the Metro Board of Health considered firing him, Caldwell said he had “acted with unconscious bias against women” and that the report’s “findings have shaken me to my core.”