Lillian B. Cohn, PhD

Dr. Lillian B. Cohn PhD
Faculty Member

Lillian B. Cohn, PhD

Assistant Professor
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch

Mail Stop: E5-110

Dr. Lillian Cohn is an immunologist who studies latent HIV infection. Her work analyzes the biology of reservoirs of HIV-infected CD4+ T cells that quietly persist despite continuous antiretroviral therapy. Because these cells proliferate and can start producing new virus in the absence of such drugs, there is no cure yet for HIV. Dr. Cohn uses advanced techniques to understand the various mechanisms that cause populations of latently infected cells to expand and reactivate, in hopes of finding ways to stop that process permanently and effectively cure the disease.

Education

Rockefeller University, New York, NY. 2018, Ph.D.

Brown University, Providence, RI. 2009, BA

Research Interests

HIV persistence and latency

CD4+ T cell dynamics

Find a Clinical Trial

Dr. Cohn in the News

Uncovering the secrets of HIV latency

Science Spotlight - November 15, 2021

For the Media

The Media Relations team at Fred Hutch is available to assist members of the news media who would like to arrange interviews with faculty.

Email media@fredhutch.org or call 206.667.2210