
Charles Chiu
Associate Director of the UCSF Clinical Microbiology Laboratory · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Credentials: · · · ·
History
- Present
UCSF Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center ( · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
- 2005–2007
Infectious Disease
- 2001–2004
Internal Medicine
1997–2001
Research
CRISPR-Cas12-based detection of SARS-CoV-2
Nature Biotechnology · 2020 · Last of 20 authors · Corresponding · 1,987 citations
Review · Nature Reviews Genetics · 2019 · First of 2 authors · Corresponding · 1,190 citations
Clinical Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Detection
Review · Annual review of pathology · 2019 · Last of 3 authors · Corresponding · 1,137 citations

31 papers · 21 as a resident

26 papers

19 papers · 1 as a fellow

14 papers
- SS
14 papers
- SM
13 papers
- CL
12 papers · 1 as a fellow

10 papers · 8 as a fellow
Grants
- 2021–2025
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R33
Contact PI · $3.2M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2021–2023
Uncovering Associations of Variant Infection with COVID-19 Disease Severity in Children
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R61
Contact PI · $3.2M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2014–2023
Gigapixel Digital PCR in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · R01
PI · $2.5M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2011–2020
Pan-Genomic Approaches for Comprehensive Blood Screening of Novel or Emerging Infectious Agents
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $5.9M · University of California, San Francisco
Clinical trials
- 2016–2017
Precision Diagnosis of Acute Infectious Diseases; Neuroinflammatory Cohort
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, San Francisco

