College Overview
Jill Roberts, PhD
Associate Professor
Contact Info
Office: CPH 1130
Voice Mail: (813) 974-6985
Fax: (813) 974-4986
Email: jcrobert@usf.edu
Education and History
Came to USF
2003
Education
BS, Indiana University, 1996
MPH, University of South Florida, 1998
MS, University of Texas, 2003
PhD, University of South Florida, 2006
Discipline
Environmental Health
Microbiology
Specialization
Molecular Epidemiology
Bacteriology
Emerging Diseases
Food Safety
Bioterrorism
Other Information
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.