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Joseph Heitman

Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke Box 3546, Durham, NC 27710
322 Clin & Res Labs, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Joseph Heitman was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago (1980-1984), graduating from the BS-MS program with dual degrees in chemistry and biochemistry with general and special honors. He then matriculated as an MD-PhD student at Cornell and Rockefeller Universities and worked with Peter Model and Norton Zinder on how restriction enzymes recognize specific DNA sequences and how bacteria respond to and repair DNA breaks and nicks. Dr. Heitman moved as an EMBO long-term fellow to the …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology · 2009 - Present Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Basic Science Departments
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology · 2004 - Present Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Basic Science Departments
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology · 2002 - Present Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Basic Science Departments
Professor of Cell Biology · 2022 - Present Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 1992 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers
Professor in Medicine · 2003 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Professor in Pharmacology & Cancer Biology · 2003 - Present Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Basic Science Departments

Education, Training & Certifications


Cornell University · 1992 M.D.
Rockefeller University · 1989 Ph.D.