Prior to joining the faculty at Cornell in 2014, Dr. Shin had spent the last ten years at NYU School of Medicine as a student, resident and attending physician conducting medical evaluations of survivors of torture and asylum applicants, participating in research on human rights abuses in Punjab, India, and serving as a primary care physician at the NYU/Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture. His interests also include advocacy against physician involvement in torture, medical education and global health workforce development.