Department of Surgery

Elizabeth A. Novak, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Surgery

Education & Training

  • Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 07/2021
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 11/2015
  • PhD in Microbiology & Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 12/2011
  • MS in Microbiology & Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 05/2008
  • BA in Biology, Berea College, Berea , KY, 05/2006

Research, Clinical, and/or Academic Interests

- Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic reprogramming of the intestinal epithelium during IBD

- Mitochondrial supercomplex assembly in intestinal inflammation

- PGC1-alpha and intestinal epithelial health 

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