University of Pittsburgh

Collin Diedrich, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow





	
	


			

		Collin Diedrich	
		

		

	
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Education
	
	

	
PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 2012
BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Bradley University, 2006  
        

              
   
  
 
 


  
 
 
 
 
 	
Program
	
	

	Molecular Virology and Microbiology	
	


 
 
 	
Mentor
	
	

	
JoAnne Flynn, PhD      
        

                
        
        
        
        	
Dissertation
	
	

	HIV Increases Susceptibility to Tuberculosis by Manipulating M. Tuberculosis-specific Immunological Responses	
	


        
        
        
        
 
 
   
   
















        













	
Areas of Interest
	
	

	HIV and M. tuberculosis immunology, co-infection immunology; Kitten Mittens	
	






	
Why I Chose Pitt
	
	

	
I love science. A lot of wonderful science goes on here. That’s why I’m here.
Following his graduation from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine, Collin will be starting a Post Doc Fellowship at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, under the direction of Robert Wilkinson, studying HIV/TB co-infection immunology.
	
	




	
Publications
	
	

	
HIV-1/mycobacterium tuberculosis coinfection immunology: how does HIV-1 exacerbate tuberculosis? Infect. Immun. 79: 1407-1417. |  View Abstract
Simian immunodeficiency virus-induced changes in T cell cytokine responses in cynomolgus macaques with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are associated with timing of reactivation. J Immunol. 186: 3527-3537. |  View Abstract
Reactivation of latent tuberculosis in cynomolgus macaques infected with SIV is associated with early peripheral T cell depletion and not virus load. PLoS One. 5: e9611. |  View Abstract