Dr. Coffin received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in the laboratory
of Dr. Howard Temin, and was a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Charles Weissmann
at the University of Zürich. In 1975, he was made Assistant Professor of
Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University in Boston, where he was
subsequently promoted to full Professor and in 1994 was the recipient of an American
Cancer Society Professorship. In 1997, he was named Director of the new
HIV Drug Resistance Program in the National Cancer Institute, and he presently
divides his time between Tufts University and NCI. He has served on a number
of national committees to review and set policy regarding retroviruses and disease.
In 1999, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
