Women's History Month 2019: Dr. Lynda Chin '88, Medical Doctor
3/21/2019 10:57:00 AM | Diversity & Inclusion
Throughout the month of March, Brown Athletics will celebrate Women's History Month through a series of profiles. Over the course of the month, the Bears will recognize women who have made an impact on the university community and beyond.
Women's History Month 2019
Dr. Lynda Chin '88, Medical Doctor
An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Association of American Physicians, and the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Dr. Lynda Chin '88 is a world-renowned cancer genomic scientist who has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and spoken in over 300 national and international conferences including Tedmed. At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she was a professor at Harvard Medical School and a senior associate member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dr. Chin conducted research spanning mouse models of human cancers, cancer genomics, functional genomics and personalized medicine. Outside of her laboratory, Dr. Chin held multiple leadership positions in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project in the U.S., including serving on the executive subcommittee and leading the development of Firehose pipeline as co-PI at the Broad Institute. In 2011, Dr. Chin created the first Department of Genomic Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a mission to accelerate the translation of scientific advances and democratize the best care to patients outside of academic centers with technologies, data and AI analytics. In 2015, foreseeing the need for a new model to harness the potential of real-world health and health-related data, Dr. Chin launched the Institute for Health Transformation as the Chief Innovation Officer for the University of Texas System. Dr. Chin is an entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded cancer therapeutics, biomarker and AI companies. Dr. Chin immigrated to the U.S. from China in her teens before earning a bachelor's degree from Brown in 1988 and a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1993.
Women's History Month 2019
Dr. Lynda Chin '88, Medical Doctor
An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Association of American Physicians, and the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Dr. Lynda Chin '88 is a world-renowned cancer genomic scientist who has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and spoken in over 300 national and international conferences including Tedmed. At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she was a professor at Harvard Medical School and a senior associate member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dr. Chin conducted research spanning mouse models of human cancers, cancer genomics, functional genomics and personalized medicine. Outside of her laboratory, Dr. Chin held multiple leadership positions in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project in the U.S., including serving on the executive subcommittee and leading the development of Firehose pipeline as co-PI at the Broad Institute. In 2011, Dr. Chin created the first Department of Genomic Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a mission to accelerate the translation of scientific advances and democratize the best care to patients outside of academic centers with technologies, data and AI analytics. In 2015, foreseeing the need for a new model to harness the potential of real-world health and health-related data, Dr. Chin launched the Institute for Health Transformation as the Chief Innovation Officer for the University of Texas System. Dr. Chin is an entrepreneur who has founded or co-founded cancer therapeutics, biomarker and AI companies. Dr. Chin immigrated to the U.S. from China in her teens before earning a bachelor's degree from Brown in 1988 and a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1993.
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