Purnell W. Choppin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetPurnell W. Choppin
American virologist
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1929
Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Profession: virologist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Purnell W. Choppin
- Purnell W.
- Choppin is an American virologist.
- He served on the faculty of Rockefeller University for nearly thirty years, becoming the Leon Hess Professor of Virology.
- He moved to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1985, became the president of the institute in 1987, and retired in 1999, succeeded by Thomas Cech.
- He is currently the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, supported by a university consortium consisting of Rockefeller, Weill Cornell Medical College, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
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