Alina Chan

<p>Dr. Alina Chan is a co-author of the book, <a href= "https://www.harpercollins.com/products/viral-matt-ridleyalina-chan?variant=39372859834402"> VIRAL: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19</a>, and a researcher with a background in medical genetics, synthetic biology, and vector engineering. At the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, Dr. Chan is currently creating next generation vectors for human gene therapy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Chan began to investigate problems relevant to finding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in parallel spearheaded the development of the COVID-19 CoV Genetics (<a href= "https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/covidcg.org__;!!PH0vZokp8wwQNw!iJlK2t3Y5St9y8x4HWYEhWQZdt9ckavjI19wJctz07gs3sr8n_Qj_gDnC3kKCUb1kXMDMyM$" target="_blank" rel="noopener">covidcg.org</a>) browser for scientists worldwide to rapidly track virus lineages and mutations by locations and date ranges of interest.</p>