Victor Nizet, MD

Victor Nizet, MD is Professor & Vice Course Faculty for Basic Research in the Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chief of the Division of Host- Microbe Systems and Therapeutics at UC San Diego. He 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, and a Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington's Children's Hospital in Seattle. In 1997, Professor Nizet joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Diego.

Professor Nizet holds leadership roles in the UC San Diego Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, MD-PhD and PharmD-PhD Programs, IRACDA postdoctoral fellowship training program, and NCLAM junior faculty development program. His research focuses on discovering virulence factors of leading human bacterial pathogens, elucidating mechanisms of host innate immunity, and novel approaches to infectious disease therapy. Dr. Nizet has authored over 510 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious scientific journals. His work has been recognized by the Sidney Farber Award, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Young Investigator Award, the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar Award, the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, the American Lung Association Career Investigator Award, a Stephen Silberstein Senior Fellowship of the American Asthma Foundation, and the 2008 E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics. He has been elected to the Society for Pediatric Research, American Pediatric Society, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, American Academy of Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine.