Victor Nizet

Victor Nizet is a Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Research in the Department of Pediatrics, Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chief of the Division of Host-Microbe Systems & Therapeutics at UC San Diego. Dr. Nizet is a graduate of Reed College, received his medical training at Stanford University School of Medicine, completed a Residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Harvard University's Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and a then a Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington’s Children's Hospital in Seattle. Dr. Nizet leads a basic and translational research laboratory focused on discovering virulence factors of invasive bacterial pathogens, elucidating mechanisms of host innate immunity, and novel approaches to infectious disease therapy. He is a faculty lead for the initiative for the UCSD Collaborative to Halt Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes (CHARM) which debuted in 2019. Dr. Nizet has authored over 450 peer-reviewed publications and has collaborated with several biotechnology interests in developing new antibiotic and immune-based therapies against drug-resistant pathogens. Dr. Nizet's work has been recognized by career awards from the AHA, ALA, and AAF, the E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics and election to the ASCI, AAP, and AAM. Details of his research program can be found on the laboratory website: http://nizetlab.ucsd.edu