Virginia L. Miller is a microbiologist known for her work on studying the factors leading to disease caused by bacteria.

Miller is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (2003) and a former Pew Charitable Trust Biomedical Scholar (1989).

[4] As of 2021, Miller is a professor of genetics, microbiology, and immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[2] Miller is known for her research into bacterial pathogenesis, the factors leading to the onset of disease from specific species of bacteria.

[13] She went on to examine the mechanisms by which another bacteria pathogen - Yersinia pestis - enters cells[14] and cause disease.