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 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • Published 12/28/2021

    Kuniholm J, Armstrong E, Bernabe B, Coote C, Berenson A, Patalano SD, Olson A, He X, Lin NH, Fuxman Bass JI, Henderson AJ. Intragenic proviral elements support transcription of defective HIV-1 proviruses. PLoS Pathog. 2021 12; 17(12):e1009982. PMID: 34962974.

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  • Published 11/2/2021

    Ragan EJ, McCallum C, Marathe J, Cole M, Hofman M, Henderson AJ, Flack T, Miller NS, Burks EJ, Zhao GQ, Denis R, Lin NH, Jacobson KR, Andry CD, Pelton SI, Duffy ER, Bhadelia N. Pandemic Response Requires Research Samples: A U.S. Safety-Net Hospital's Experience and Call for National Action. Ann Intern Med. 2021 12; 174(12):1727-1732. PMID: 34724402.

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