Sunny Shin, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Sunny Shin, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Shin received her B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her Ph.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and her postdoctoral training from Yale University School of Medicine.
Her research is focused on understanding mechanisms of immune defense against the bacterial pathogens Legionella pneumophila, Coxiella burnetii and Salmonella Typhimurium and, in turn, how these pathogens subvert host immunity. She has received several honors including the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Award and the Penn Medicine Michael S. Brown New Investigator Award. She is highly committed to mentoring the next generation of scientists and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in academia and science, and she recently received the Penn Medicine Michael P. Nusbaum Graduate Student Mentoring Award.
Shin is vice-chair of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Group’s Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology Program, directs or teaches graduate and medical courses and mentors postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate students. She serves on the NIH Host Interactions with Bacterial Pathogens study section (2020-2024) and on the editorial board of Infection and Immunity.
Her research is focused on understanding mechanisms of immune defense against the bacterial pathogens Legionella pneumophila, Coxiella burnetii and Salmonella Typhimurium and, in turn, how these pathogens subvert host immunity. She has received several honors including the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Award and the Penn Medicine Michael S. Brown New Investigator Award. She is highly committed to mentoring the next generation of scientists and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in academia and science, and she recently received the Penn Medicine Michael P. Nusbaum Graduate Student Mentoring Award.
Shin is vice-chair of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Group’s Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology Program, directs or teaches graduate and medical courses and mentors postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate students. She serves on the NIH Host Interactions with Bacterial Pathogens study section (2020-2024) and on the editorial board of Infection and Immunity.