University of Pittsburgh

Justine Harkness, PhD 






	
	


			

		Dr. Justine Harkness	
		

		

	
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PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015
BS in Biological Sciences, with an option in Molecular Biology, Minor in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010   
        

              
   
  
 
 


  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 	
Mentor
	
	

	
Neal DeLuca, PhD
        

                
        
        
        
        	
Dissertation
	
	

	Cell Type Dependent Effects on HSV Transcription	
	


        
        
        
        
 
 
   
   
















        













	
Areas of Interest
	
	

	Herpes virology, reactivation from latency, chromatin remodeling during reactivation	
	






	
Why I Chose Pitt
	
	

	
I am a native Pittsburgher and wanted
to stay close to home. Pitt had a
very good program for virology, and I knew I would be able to get a good
graduate education. The students I
talked to had time to have fun and had a good balance between lab work and free
time.
Following her graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Harkness will be working at Kaplan Test Prep as a full time faculty member teaching MCAT, PCAT, DAT and OAT test prep as well as helping to develop new courses.