Nina Lin, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Nina Lin is a physician scientist who is engaged in HIV translational research. Her research is focused on understanding the effect of chronic HIV infection on aging of the immune system and chronic inflammation. She is the PI on several clinical trials, including being a co-Chair of ACTG A5325 and A5220s, to evaluate interventions which may improve or alter the clinical course of chronic HIV infection. Her research while at MGH/BWH had been on understanding HIV-1 coreceptor usage in subtype C infection and the factors associated with its switching. She is the Director of the BU Infectious Disease Clinical Research Unit (CRU) where several HIV and/or infectious diseases clinical studies are being conducted.

Publications

  • Published 7/2/2026

    Lin NY, Machiyama H, Kawazoe A, Sai A, Irie T, Habu T, Fukuoka S, Kumanogoh A, Sakamoto N, Ishii G, Kinoshita T, Shitara K, Nishikawa H, Koyama S. Lenvatinib Combined with PD-1 Blockade Therapy Benefits Gastric Cancers through Immunosuppressive Macrophage Modulation. Cancer Immunol Res. 2026 Jul 02; 14(7):1116-1132. PMID: 42044259.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/2/2025

    Mara MD, Miguel C, Lin NH, Beckwith CG, Henshaw M. Determining the Feasibility of a Mail-In Saliva Sample Protocol for Persons Living with HIV in Two Urban Northeast United States Clinics. HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2025; 17:337-349. PMID: 41064113.

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  • Published 2/1/2025

    Pickering RT, Asundi A, Olson A, Soden K, Kuritzkes DR, Lin NH. Increased insulin resistance following switch from efavirenz to cobicistat-boosted elvitegravir. Antivir Ther. 2025 Feb; 30(1):13596535251314571. PMID: 39953931.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/1/2023

    McLaughlin A, Lin N, Jiang W, Lodi S, Lioznov D, Patts G, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Bendiks S, Freiberg MS, Tindle HA, Krupitsky E, Hahn JA, Samet JH, So-Armah K. Association of Alcohol Consumption With CD4 Recovery After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in St. Petersburg, Russia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Nov 01; 94(3):244-252. PMID: 37850982.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/10/2022

    Asundi A, Olson A, Jiang W, Varshney SP, White LF, Sagar M, Lin NH. Integrase Inhibitor Use Associated with Weight Gain in Women and Incident Diabetes Mellitus. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2022 03; 38(3):208-215. PMID: 34877881.

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Stanford University, BS

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