Xi Erick Lin

Dr. Lin did his post-doctoral training at University of Chicago and Northwestern University and is currently a tenured professor at Emory University School of Medicine. He has received grant awards from NIH for basic and translational research, and biomedical business development. In addition to leading the research effort in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and training students, postdoc, and residents, Dr. Lin participates frequently in NIH study sessions and reviews research and clinical grant applications for NIH. Dr. Lin is also on the editor board of PlosOne and the Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine. His research interests are gene therapy, genetics, and neuroscience. He has published several papers on the genetics and physiology of the auditory system in highly regarded journals, including PNAS, EMBO Molecular Medicine, Cell Research, American Journal of Medical Genetics, and Journal of Neuroscience.