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Jill Roberts, PhD
Associate Professor
Contact Info
- Office: CPH 1130
- Academic Email: jcrobert@usf.edu
- Academic Phone: 8139746985
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Education
- PHD, University of South Florida, 2006
- MS, University of Texas, 2003
- MPH, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 1998
- BS, Indiana University, 1996
Discipline
Environmental Health Microbiology
Specialization
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Bacteriology
- Emerging Diseases
- Food Safety
- Bioterrorism
Biography
Dr. Robert's research interests are in the use of molecular techniques such as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, sequencing, and other DNA-based methods to characterize microorganisms from sources such as foods, clinicial samples, environmental samples and others. The goal of these projects is to corrrelate the molecular data with epidemiological information about the bacteria tested including likely source of contamination, associated disease, antibiotic resistance, etc.