University of Pittsburgh

Mark F. Doyal 






	
	


			

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Education
	
	

	
MS in Molecular Virology & Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015
BA in Biology, University of Virginia, 2006
        

              
   
  
 
 


  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 	
Mentor
	
	

	
Joseph C. Glorioso III, PhD
        

                
        
        
        
        	
Dissertation
	
	

	Promoter-targeted anti-nociceptive HSV-1 vectors have differential effects on pain based on the neuronal population targeted	
	


        
        
        
        
 
 
   
   
















        













	
Areas of Interest
	
	

	Defining HSV latency gene elements sufficient to sustain long-term transgene expression from HSV replication-defective vectors.  Furthermore, by replacing latency promoter elements with neuronal promoter elements, I will attempt to target transgene expression to specific sensory neuron subpopulations.	
	






	
Why I Chose Pitt
	
	

	
The University of Pittsburgh along with
UPMC offers a wide range of research and clinical opportunities. Given my hope to strike some balance in
my career between research and clinical work, the intimate integration of science
and medicine here was very appealing.
Following the completion of his Master's thesis, Mark returned to medical school.