 Charles Chiu , M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine / Infectious Diseases
Director, UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center
Associate Director, UCSF Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
UCSF QB3 Investigator
UCSF Faculty, Biomedical Sciences
Charles.chiu@ucsf.edu
Mailing Address:
185 Berry Street, Box 0134
UCSF China Basin Landing
San Francisco, CA 94143-0134
Office Location:
Suite 185, UCSF China Basin
(entrance next to Lobby 4)
Research Interests:
Viral Detection and Discovery, Clinical Diagnostics, Pathogen Detection Microarrays, Deep Sequencing, Metagenomics
Select Publications:
Chiu CY, Rouskin S, Koshy A, Urisman A, Fischer K, Yagi S, Schnurr D, Eckburg PB, Tompkins LS, Blackburn BG, Merker JD, Patterson BK, Ganem D, and DeRisi JL. (2006) Microarray Detection of Human Parainfluenza 4 Infection Associated with Respiratory Failure in an Immunocompetent Adult. Clinical Infectious Diseases 43(8):e71-6 (PMID: 16983602).
Chiu CY*, Urisman A*, Greenhow TL, Rouskin S, Yagi S, Schnurr D, Wright C, Drew WL, Wang D, Weintrub PS, DeRisi JL, and Ganem D. (2008) Utility of DNA Microarrays for Detection of Viruses in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Tract Infections. Journal of Pediatrics 45(7):2340-3 (PMID: 18571541).
Chiu CY, Greninger A, Kanada K, Kwok T, Louie J, Glaser C, Yagi S, Schnurr D, Haggerty T, Parsonnet J, Ganem D, and DeRisi JL. (2008) Identification of novel cardioviruses related to Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus in human infections. PNAS 105(37):14124-9 (PMID: 18768820).
Sorber K*, Chiu CY*, Webster D, Dimon M, Ruby G, Hekele A, and DeRisi JL. (2008) The long march: a specimen preparation technique that enhances contig length and coverage by high-throughput short-read sequencing. PloS One 3(10):e3495 (PMID: 18941527).
Chiu CY, Greninger AL, Chen EC, Haggerty TD, Parsonnet J, Delwart E, DeRisi JL, and Ganem D. (2010) Cultivation and serological characterization of a human Theiler’s-like cardiovirus associated with diarrheal disease. Journal of Virology 84(9):4407-4414 (PMID: 20164225).
*co-first authors
Education and Training:
BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
PhD in Biophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999
MD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
Internal Medicine Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 2001 – 2003
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 2003 – 2008
Relevant Links:
UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center / Chiu Lab: http://vddc.ucsf.edu
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