Journal of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Dr. Mario P.S. Chin is an assistant professor at the Temple University School of Medicine and Center for Substance Abuse Research in Philadelphia, USA. He studied pandemic influenza viruses with Prof. Kennedy F. Shortridge in Hong Kong and completed postdoctoral training in the field of HIV/molecular genetics at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Chin is a two-time recipient of the Fellows Award for Research Excellence and the Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health.

We employ transcriptomics approaches and recent advances in host-HIV interactomics to study the intersection of substance abuse and HIV infection and to examine the innate antiviral process.