Dr. Paul D. Robbins is a Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Director of the Vector Core Facility and Director of Basic Research for the Molecular Medicine Institute.



He received his B.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an Associate Editor for Cancer Research and Gene Therapy as well as on the Editorial Boards for Cancer Gene Therapy, The Journal of Gene Medicine, Arthritis Research, and Genes & Immunity.



Dr. Robbins has co-authored over 230 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 130 book chapters and reviews and has edited two books on gene therapy. He is a member of the PathB Study Section, the Italian Telethon Scientific Review Committee, the Scientific Review Board of National Gene Vector Laboratory as well as former Chair of the American Society of Gene Therapy Committee on Musculoskeletal Diseases.