Robert M. DiFazio, PhD

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Mentor

Dr. JoAnne Flynn

Dissertation

Determination of correlates of protection against tuberculosis in nonhuman primate models

Education

PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2016

BS in Letters and Sciences with High Distinction in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010

Why I chose Pitt

I chose this program due to the variety of research projects within my area of interest: vaccine development. The University of Pittsburgh also has excellent resources for this type of research, including the Center for Vaccine Research and the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory. In addition, Pittsburgh is a great city in which you can work and play!

Abstracts

DiFazio RM, Williams JJ, Hergenrother PJ. "Exploitation of toxin-antitoxin systems in combating multi-drug resistance." Proctor and Gamble Company Student Research Awards. Champaign, IL. 2011

DiFazio RM, Williams JJ, Hergenrother PJ. "Exploitation of toxin-antitoxin systems in combating multi-drug resistance." Frank and Sara McKnight Prize in Biochemistry. University of Texas SWMC, Dallas, TX. 2010

Publications

Williams J. J, Halvorsen E. M, Dwyer E. M, DiFazio R. M, and Hergenrother P. J. Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are prevalent and transcribed in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 322: 41-50. | View Abstract