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Presenter: Charles Chiu, MD, Ph.D

  • Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine/ Infectious Diseases
  • Director, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center
  • Associate Director, UCSF Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Dr. Chiu currently leads a translational research laboratory focused on next-generation sequencing assay development for infectious disease diagnostics and investigation of emerging pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), enterovirus D68 in acute flaccid myelitis, Zika virus, and, most recently, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. He is also developing new technologies such as nanopore sequencing and RNA-Seq transcriptome profiling to develop predictive models using machine learning for diagnosis of infections based on a patient’s host response. Dr. Chiu’s work is also supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Abbott Laboratories, Department of Defense, philanthropic grants (Charles and Helen Schwab and Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundations), and the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine.  Dr. Chiu has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications (10 on COVID-19), holds over 15 patents and patent applications, and serves on the scientific advisory board for Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.

UCSF School of Medicine Vice Dean's Office is Proud to Host the ZSFG Dean's Seminar Series; Highlighting Basic, Clinical, and Translational Research at ZSFG.

Zoom Link:  http://tiny.ucsf.edu/hIyiJQ

All Faculty, Post-Docs, Research Associates, and Staff are welcome!

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