Carina A. Rodriguez, M.D., FAAP
Dr. Rodriguez joined the University of South Florida as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 2006. She received her M.D. from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She completed her pediatric internship and residency at the Hospital de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she was chief resident. She received additional residency training in pediatrics at the University of South Florida. She completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, University of Tennessee, and a pediatric HIV fellowship at the University of South Florida.
Dr Rodriguez is an author of over 20 scientific publications and book chapters. Her research interests include pediatric HIV, infections in patients with primary immunodeficiency and post-transplantation, pneumococcal pathogenesis, and viral and bacterial interactions. She participates in NIH and industry-sponsored HIV clinical trials including the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group and an NIH/NIAID RO1 studied entitled Impact of HIV-1 Genotype on Therapy Response in Children. Dr. Rodriguez is a faculty member of the Florida and Caribbean AIDS Education Center and Medical Director of the Pediatric Tuberculosis Clinic at the Hillsborough County Health Department
Education & Training
| M.D. | University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1993 |
| Pediatric Residency | Hospital Dr Ricardo Gutierrez, Univ. Buenos Aires, 1998 University of South Florida College of Medicine, 2004 |
| Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship | St Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee, 2002 |
| Pediatric HIV/Immunology | All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, 2006 |
Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Selected Publications
Yin L, Kou Z, Rodriguez CA, Hou W, Goodenow M, and Sleasman JW. Antiretroviral therapy restores diversity in T cell receptor Vβ repertoire of CD4 T cells subpopulations among HIV-1 infected children and adolescents. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2009, 6:1293-301. Epub 2009 Jul 15
Wallet MA, Rodriguez CA, Yin L, Saporta S, Chinratanapisit S, Hou W, Sleasman JW, Goodenow MM. HIV-1 related microbial translocation contributes to monocyte/macrophage inflammation independent of lymphocyte activation or immune deficiency in infants and children. AIDS 2010, 24:1281-90
Chenneville, T, Sibille K, Lujan, J, Rodriguez CA, Brown, M, Emmanuel P. Medical decisional capacity among children with HIV: Results from a pilot study. AIDS care 2010, 0954-0121
Rodriguez C.A.., Koch S., Goodenow M., and Sleasman, J.W. Clinical implication of discordant viral and immune outcomes following protease inhibitor containing antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children. Immunologic Research 2008;40:271-86.
Yin L, Rodriguez C.A.., Hou W, Potter O, Caplan MJ, Goodenow MM, Sleasman JW Antiretroviral therapy corrects HIV-1-induced expansion of CD8+ CD45RA+ CD2-) CD11a(bright) activated T cells. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Jul;122:166-72.
Avandhanula V., Rodriguez C.A.., DeVincenzo J., Portner A., Webby R., Ulett G., Adderson E.I. Respiratory viruses augment the adhesion of bacterial pathogens to respiratory epithelium in a viral species- and cell type-dependent manner. J. Virol. 2006; 80:1629-36.
Avadhanula V., Rodriguez C.A.., Ulett G.C., Adderson E.E. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Adheres to Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (ICAM-1) on Respiratory Epithelial Cells and Upregulates ICAM-1 Expression. Infect Immun. 2006; 74:830-8.
