Finn is a Yugoslav-American immunologist who is a distinguished professor and former chair of the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh (2001 - 2013) and former director of the Cancer Immunology Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (1999 - 2014).
She was president of the American Association of Immunologists from 2007 to 2008 and served on the AAI Council from 2002 to 2006.