John Coffin is an American virologist . Born in Boston , Massachusetts , raised in Schenectady , New York , Coffin is a professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University in Boston . He is also the former director of the HIV Dynamics and Replication Program ( formerly the Drug Resistance Program ) of the National Cancer Institute ( NCI ) and serves as Special Advisor to the Director of the Center for Cancer Research at NCI . He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences ( elected in 1999 ) and a recipient of American Cancer Society professorship . He has advised policy committees at the national level regarding retrovirus-related matters . Coffin was programme committee chair for the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in 2011
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
John Coffin (scientist)