Born in Hong Kong, Dr. Chin received her Bachelor of Technology's degree from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She completed her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2006. During her postdoctoral training at BIDMC, Dr. Chin studied the signal transduction events that drive breast cancer metastasis. Dr. Chin was promoted to Instructor of Pathology in 2009. In 2013, she began her career as an independent investigator at BIDMC.