Dr. Joseph Chiu

Dr. Joseph Chiu is a physician with 30+ years’ clinical research experience in developing new treatments and vaccines against infectious diseases of global public health importance. His career has taken him to Thailand during the country’s AIDS epidemic, where he spearheaded a community-based HIV prevention program to mobilize local churches in HIV prevention and care. During his career with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a non-profit, he was involved with many collaborative research projects conducted in developing countries. Since retiring at the end of 2019, he has been able to use his medical expertise to help the community deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Joseph and his wife Eugenia have been married for 38 years and have two grown children (Jocelyn & Derek) who were raised overseas.