Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research
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Larry Dishaw, PhD
Professor, College of Medicine Pediatrics
Assoc Professor, College of Medicine Molecular Medicine
Contact Info
- Office: CRI 3008
- Academic Email: ldishaw@usf.edu
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Education
- PhD, Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 2002
- BS, Biology, Florida International University, 1997
Biography
Dr. Dishaw is a Professor in the Morsani College of Medicine. His research leverages non-traditional animal models (such as invertebrate chordates) to study the gut as an interface with the environment, to characterize novel forms of innate immunity, and to define how exogenous signals influence immune maturation across mucosal surfaces. The Dishaw lab investigates how host immunity and exogenous factors (like xenobiotics, pathobionts, or even viruses that infect bacteria, or bacteriophages) of the gut ecosystem influence the microbiome and host health. His work explores how these exposures influence animal (& immune) development, with a particular focus on prematurity in infants.