Prof. Dr. Hoshang J Unwalla is a Professor of Immunology and Nano-Medicine at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University. He obtained his Ph.D. at the National Institute of Immunology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. He was recruited as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. John Rossi at the Beckman Research Institute. As a post-doctoral fellow, his research involved designing gene therapy approaches to suppress HIV replication. His current research interests are primarily focused on understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms that lead to Lung comorbidities in HIV smokers/non-smokers intending to develop therapeutics to restore or arrest the decline of lung function in these diseases.