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 ZŸrich. 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.

 

In addition to his appointment at Tufts University, Dr. Coffin is also the Director of the HIV Drug Resistance Program at the National Cancer Institute.