Instructor

• Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Lin is an attending physician in the Division of Critical Care Medicine and a member of the laboratory of Dr. Michael Caparon in the Department of Molecular Microbiology. She received her medical degree from The University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and did her residency at The University of Michigan. She completed a pediatric critical care fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis and joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 2005. She is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Lin's research interests center around understanding the pathology of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections. She uses the embryo of the zebrafish, Danio rerio, as an animal model to help elucidate host pathogen interactions during early infection. Dr. Lin is particularly interested in the interaction of streptococcal virulence factors like Streptolysin S with the host immune response during the early stages of infection and the consequences of abnormal host pathogen interactions leading to invasive infections.

Education

• B.A., Harvard University, 1994 (History and Science)
• M.D., University of Cincinnati, 1998

Training

• Pediatric Resident, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, 1998-2002
• Internal Medicine Resident, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, University of Michigan, 1998-2002
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellow, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, 2002-2005

Licensure and Board Certification

• Missouri License, 2002
• American Board of Internal Medicine, 2002
• American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, 2003
• American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care, 2006

Honors

• Magna Cum Laude Graduate, 1994
• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Resident of the Year, 2002
• Fellow of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program, 2003-2005
• NICHD Washington University "Training of Pediatric Physician-Scientist Training Grant" 2005 - 2007
• Scholar of the Pediatric Critical Care Scientist Development Program, beginning January 2008