Janet Lin, MD
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
About
Dr. Janet Lin is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chief Strategy Officer at UI Health, and Director of Health Systems Development in the Center for Global Health. Her work focuses on health systems development and transformation, with emphasis on social and global emergency medicine, public health, and humanitarian response. Dr. Lin’s academic and leadership efforts aim to strengthen emergency care systems and expand equitable access to health services in resource-limited settings. Through global collaborations and community engagement, her research and policy initiatives integrate emergency medicine, public health, and systems innovation to advance health equity worldwide.
Selected Grants
NIH R21:, Long-Run Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Mortality and Health Care Costs Among the Elderly, Consultant
Illinois Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, Statewide precision medicine cohort development and health systems integration, Consultant
Gilead Sciences, Inc., Project HEAL: HIV/HCV Screening, Education, and Linkage to Care, Principal Investigator
UIC Global Health and Well-Being Research Seed Grant, Scaling up Community Disaster Risk Reduction in Haiti, Principal Investigator
CDPH Expanded HIV Testing Program, Implementation of routine HIV screening and linkage to care in the emergency department, Sub-Award Principal Investigator
Publication Aggregators
Professional Leadership
Chief Strategy Officer, UI Health
Associate Chief Executive Officer for Strategic Integration and Partnerships, Health Systems Development, UIC Center for Global Health
Associate Director, International Emergency Medicine & Global Health Fellowship, UIC Department of Emergency Medicine
Center Affiliate, Center of Global Health
Chair, Academic Development and Professionalism Track (ADAPT), Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Education
Fellowship, International Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
M.P.H., University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
B.A.S., Biology with minor in French, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Research Currently in Progress
- Breast Cancer Screening in the ED, 2024-present
- RECOVER: Funded by NIH, 2022-present
- Project IDEAL (Innovating Diabetes screening in the Emergency Department and Linkage services); Funded by NovoNordisk, 2019-2021 and HEPP 2021-present
- Expanded HIV Testing Funded by the Chicago Department of Public Health, 2015 – Ongoing Project HEAL, HIV/HCV Screening, Education, Awareness, and Linkage to Care Funded by Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2013 – Ongoing
Previously Funded Research
- Illinois Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, 2016 – 2021 - The Long-Run Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Mortality, Morbidity, and Health Care Cost Among the Elderly
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, R21 Grant, 2016 – 2018 - Relinkage to Care Pilot Program
Funded by Gilead Sciences Inc., 2015 – 2016 - Scaling up community disaster risk reduction in Haiti
Funded by the UIC Global Health and Wellbeing Research Seed Grant, 2015 – 2016 - Feasibility Assessment: Peru/Bolivia, Mission Fronteras, exploratory assessment to partner with local organization to build health programming in South America
Funded by the School of Public Health, Dean’s Fund, 2011 - An open-label, randomized, multicenter, Phase IIIb study to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerance of Beriplex P/N compared with plasma for rapid reversal of coagulopathy induced by coumarin derivatives in subjects with acute minor bleeding
Funded by CSL Behring, 2009