University of Pittsburgh

Kimberly Griffin 






	
	


			

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Education
	
	

	
MS in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 2013
BS in Biology, Old Dominion University, 2006
        

              
   
  
 
 


  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 	
Mentor
	
	

	
Michael Murphey-Corb, PhD
        

                
        
        
        
        	
Dissertation
	
	

	SIV Escape from Immune Recognition Due to Selection Pressure of Immunodominant CD8+ Epitope GAG-CM9 and TRIM5 Restriction Sites	
	


        
        
        
        
 
 
   
   
















        













	
Areas of Interest
	
	

	Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) host-pathogen interaction, viral escape from immune recognition, selection pressure, and host restriction factor, Trim5-α.	
	






	
Why I Chose Pitt
	
	

	
As an undergraduate, I was very interested in infectious diseases and the University of Pittsburgh offered a unique opportunity for concentrated study in that field.
Posters
“SIV Escape from Immune Recognition Due to Selection Pressure of Immunodominant CD8+ Epitope GAG-CM9 and Trim5 Restriction Sites” Poster Presentation for the Infectious Disease and Microbiology Department Annual Research Day, Septmber 22, 2011.