Dr. Jean Lim is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she leads a research program focused on viral pathogenesis and host–pathogen interactions. She earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health. Combining expertise in virology and immunology, her research program spans a broad range of viruses and aims to uncover fundamental mechanisms of viral disease susceptibility.