
Philana Lin
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases · UPMC Medical Education
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
- Present
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship · UPMC Medical Education
- Present

- 1988–1992
Research
Cell · 2020 · 1,860 citations
Tuberculous granulomas are hypoxic in guinea pigs, rabbits, and nonhuman primates
Infection and Immunity · 2008 · 538 citations
Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization
Nature · 2020 · 497 citations
- JT
32 papers · 5 as a resident

32 papers

15 papers

15 papers

15 papers

14 papers
- LG
13 papers

11 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
Oral BCG: Optimizing Mucosal Vaccination Against Tuberculosis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2.4M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2022–2027
Enhancing Cytotoxic Lymphocytes in a TB Vaccine Strategy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $3.7M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2020–2026
Dissecting the Pathogenesis of HIV-TB Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.8M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2017–2023
Influence of SIV Replication on TB Progression and Immunity
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $4.8M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
