Ph.D., 2006, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Summary
The goal of the Lin Brain Lab is to develop precision health approaches to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
Research Description
Dr. Lin is an expert on translational neuroimaging of brain vascular and metabolic function in aging, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and traumatic brain injury. She developed and applied magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy and positron emission tomography to test nutritional and pharmacologic approaches for protecting the brain from aging, traumatic brain injury, and Alzheimer’s disease. She also has applied artificial intelligence to identify markers that are highly predictable for Alzheimer’s disease development and progression and applied gut microbiome analyses to study gut-brain interaction underlying Alzheimer’s disease.
Awards and Honors
2016, New Vision Award, Charleston Conference on Alzheimer's Disease
2016, Fellow, American College of Nutrition
2015, Top 15 Early Career Investigators, Charleston Conference on Alzheimer's Disease
2015, NIH Earl Career Reviewer (ECR) Program
2013, Niels Lassen Award Finalist, Brain and Brain PET 2013, Shanghai, China
2012, CTSA Mentored Research Career Development (KL2) Scholar, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2012, Invited Discussion Leader, Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Gordon Research Seminar, Waterville, ME
2011, Young Investigator Bursary Award, BRAIN 2011 Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
2010, Outstanding Poster Award, GRC- Brain Energy Metabolism and Blood Flow, Andover, NH