Facts: - work institutions: academia sinica - birth date: 09 january 1950 - name: chiaho shih - image: chiahoshih.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chiaho shih .
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chiaho shih -lrb- , born january 9 , 1950 -rrb- is a distinguished research fellow in the division of infectious disease & immunology at academia sinica in taiwan .his research is in the area of molecular virology , viral hepatitis and hepatoma , and cancer .he is best known for his discovery of the first human oncogene ras in 1982 while as a graduate student in the lab of robert weinberg at mit , which is partially documented in natalie angier 's book '' natural obsessions '' , about her year spent in weinberg 's lab .shih was previously a professor at the university of texas medical branch and the university of pennsylvania .