Arvin is a specialist of the Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and a prominent national figure in health.
Arvin is currently the chief of the infectious diseases division of pediatrics at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital,[1] as well as the former Stanford's Vice Provost and Dean of Research.
[8][citation needed] She also served on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, the NIH Collaborative Antiviral Study Group, the World Health Organization Committee on Research Related to Measles and Measles Vaccine, and the Council of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
[8] Ann Arvin's research surrounds infectious diseases like Varicella Zoster virus (VZV), "focusing on the functional roles of particular viral gene products in pathogenesis and virus-cell interactions in differentiated human cells in humans and in SCID mouse models of VZV cell tropisms in vivo.
[11] She was the editor of several books in pediatrics and virology field, such as Nelson Textbook Of Pediatrics: Multi User", "Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology: Varicella-zoster Virus", "Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics", "Varicella-zoster Virus: Virology and clinical management", "Human Herpesviruses: Biology, Therapy, and Immunoprophylaxis", "Immunity to and Prevention of Herpes Zoster", and "Live Variola Virus: Considerations for Continuing Research".