CIBM Retreat Keynote Presentation:

Dr. Lin is the Director of the Biomedical Informatics Research Center, and the inaugural holder of the Dr. John Melski Distinguished Physician/Scientist Endowment in Biomedical Informatics Research at the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (MCRF). Dr. Lin recently joined MCRF from Northwestern University Fienberg School of Medicine and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute where he was a Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics. Prior to that, Dr. Lin was a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and Technical Manager of Duke Bioinformatics Shared Resources, Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Lin is known nationally for developing quantitative models and innovative software to manage complex biomedical datasets. “I am confident in his abilities to direct BIRC as he has proven senior leadership on the strategic expansion of bioinformatics, genetics, and health IT at the Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center where he served as Associate Director of Bioinformatics and the Center of Cancer Nanotechnology where he served as Director of Bioinformatics,” says Humberto Vidaillet, MD, Director of MCRF.

Dr. Lin has recently been named as US representative to the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO). He is serving on the Implementation and Innovation Committee for a two-year term of 2012-2013.