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 | Joe Heitman
Program in Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, United States of America | | | Faculty Member: Microbiology > Microbial Growth & Development [ since 4 July 2001 ] |
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Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD is James B. Duke professor in the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Medicine at Duke University, director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, and director of the Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics. His research focuses on how cells sense extracellular cues via signal transduction cascades, the evolution and molecular basis of fungal virulence, the role of the mating type locus in the establishment of cell type identity, and novel antifungal therapeutic approaches.
He is a recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome Scholar Award in Molecular Pathogenic Mycology, the 2002 ASBMB AMGEN award for significant contributions using molecular biology to our understanding of human disease, and the 2003 Squibb Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) for outstanding contributions to infectious disease research. Dr. Heitman has been an instructor since 1998 at the Woods Hole Molecular Mycology Course at Woods Hole, MA, is an editor of the ASM journal Eukaryotic Cell, was elected a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) in 2003, a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) in 2003, a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2004, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004. Dr. Heitman was also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1992 to 2005.
Telephone: 919-684-2824
email: heitm001@duke.edu | Home page
http://mgm.duke.edu/microbial/mycology/heitman/ |
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