Clinical Virology Laboratory -
Personnel
Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr., PhDAssistant Director of Clinical Microbiology, UPMC Clinical Virology Lab.
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, UPMC
Professor and Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology,
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Primary interest: Diagnosis of viral infections, immunopathogenesis of HIV and human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infections
Karina Soares, PhD
Molecular Virologist for the Clinical Virology Laboratory.
Primary interest: Evaluation, validation and assimilation of the latest molecular diagnostic technologies and instrumentation for identification of human viral disease agents
Denise Pollett, PhD
Program Manager