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
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2009 - Present
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
Basic Science Departments
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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2004 - Present
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
Basic Science Departments
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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2002 - Present
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
Basic Science Departments
Professor of Cell Biology
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2022 - Present
Cell Biology,
Basic Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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1992 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Professor in Medicine
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2003 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Professor in Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
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2003 - Present
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology,
Basic Science Departments
Education, Training & Certifications
Cornell University ·
1992
M.D.
Rockefeller University ·
1989
Ph.D.