Research Scientist - DILLON / DENISCO Lab

The Dillon and De Nisco laboratories are looking to hire a co-mentored postdoctoral scholar to work on collaborative projects on improving antibiotic outcomes in urinary tract infection management. The Dillon lab seeks to decipher the basis for how antibiotic resistance evolves, specializing in research on high-priority MDR pathogens, antibiotic pharmacology, and host-pathogen interactions including murine models of infection. Our current focus is how we can modify the host microenvironment to improve antibiotic efficacies.

The De Nisco lab is focused on understanding mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis, host response, and urinary microbiome structure and function contributing to recurrent urinary tract infection (rUTI) in postmenopausal women. A current major research focus of the De Nisco lab is the role of the urinary microenvironment in UTI susceptibility and treatment outcomes. We seek to understand how the female urinary tract is shaped by aging, hormonal status, and history of infection using metagenomics, advanced statistical models, and analytical biochemistry.