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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lynda_Chin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lynda_Chin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Chin > Source revision: 1350154344 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Chinese-American medical doctor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox scientist | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Lynda Chin | birth_date = 01/02/1968 | birth_place = China | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | work_institutions = [University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center](/source/University_of_Texas_MD_Anderson_Cancer_Center) | alma_mater = Brown University Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.D, 1993) | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | footnotes = | signature = | spouse = [Ronald DePinho](/source/Ronald_DePinho) | children = 3 }} '''Lynda Chin''' (born 1968) is a [Chinese-American](/source/Chinese-American) medical doctor. She is a board-certified [dermatologist](/source/dermatologist) who was the founding department chair and professor of [genomic medicine](/source/genomic_medicine) at the [University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center](/source/University_of_Texas_MD_Anderson_Cancer_Center),{{cite news | first = Spencer | last = Ante | title = IBM Struggles to Turn Watson Computer Into Big Business | date = 2014-01-07 | URL= https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304887104579306881917668654 | publisher= The Wall Street Journal | access-date = 2014-01-16}} as well as scientific director of the MD Anderson Institute for Applied Cancer Science.{{cite web|title=Lynda Chin, M.D.|url=http://faculty.mdanderson.org/Lynda_Chin/|publisher=University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|access-date=6 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226051115/http://faculty.mdanderson.org/Lynda_Chin/|archive-date=26 February 2013|url-status=dead}} In late 2012 she was elected as a member of the [Institute of Medicine](/source/Institute_of_Medicine) (IOM) of the National Academies.{{cite web|title=Institute of Medicine Elects Lynda Chin to Membership|url=http://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/news-releases/2012/institute-of-medicine-elects-lynda-chin-to-membership.html|publisher=The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center}} ==Early life and education== When she was 15, Chin and her family migrated from [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou), [China](/source/China) to the [United States](/source/United_States).{{cite web|title=Lynda Chin 'Powerful Force in Science'|url=http://www.mdanderson.org/publications/conquest/issues/2011-fall/lynda-chin.html|publisher=The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|access-date=6 November 2013}} She then attended [Franklin D. Roosevelt High School](/source/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_High_School_(Hyde_Park%2C_New_York)) where 1984, she was valedictorian of her class. In 1988, Chin graduated from [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), receiving [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude) honors for her [B.S](/source/Bachelor's_of_Science) in [neuroscience](/source/neuroscience). She earned her medical degree from [Albert Einstein College of Medicine](/source/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine) in 1993. Afterward, she began her postgraduate clinical and scientific training at [New York–Presbyterian Hospital](/source/New_York%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). From 1994 to 1997, Chin completed her research fellowship from [Albert Einstein College of Medicine](/source/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine) where she was also chief resident of dermatology.{{cite web|title=Lynda Chin, M.D. - Scientific Director|url=http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/departments-programs-and-labs/programs-centers-institutes/institute-for-applied-cancer-science/meet-the-team/leadership-team/lynda-chin.html|publisher=The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|access-date=6 November 2013}} ==Career== ===Dana–Farber Cancer Institute=== Chin was a member of the [Dana–Farber Cancer Institute](/source/Dana%E2%80%93Farber_Cancer_Institute)'s Department of Medical Oncology from 1999 until joining the [University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center](/source/University_of_Texas_MD_Anderson_Cancer_Center) in 2011. ===Educator and researcher=== She was a professor of Dermatology at the [Harvard Medical School](/source/Harvard_Medical_School). Chin was a Senior Associate Member of the [Broad Institute](/source/Broad_Institute), where she became the principal researcher of the Genome Data Analysis Center in [The Cancer Genome Atlas](/source/The_Cancer_Genome_Atlas) (TCGA). Chin was then elected scientific director of the Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science at the [Dana–Farber Cancer Institute](/source/Dana%E2%80%93Farber_Cancer_Institute). Chin was a co-leader of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center's Melanoma Program and the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for skin research. ===AVEO Pharmaceuticals and Metamark Genetics=== In 2002, Chin co-founded a cancer biotechnology company called AVEO Pharmaceuticals. 5 years later, Chin founded Metamark Genetics, a cancer diagnostic company dedicated to the development of prognostic and predictive cancer tests. ===University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center=== Chin joined the [University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center](/source/University_of_Texas_MD_Anderson_Cancer_Center) in 2011 as chair of first-ever Department of Genomic Medicine and scientific director of the Institute for Applied Cancer Science. She assists the scientific steering committee of the [International Cancer Genome Consortium](/source/International_Cancer_Genome_Consortium).{{cite web|title=Lynda Chin, MD|url=http://www.cprit.state.tx.us/funded-grants/cprit-scholars/dr-lynda-chin-md|publisher=Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas|access-date=6 November 2013}} In 2012, Chin was involved in controversial grant award by the [Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas](/source/Cancer_Prevention_and_Research_Institute_of_Texas) (CPRIT). A Houston Chronicle investigation suggests that CPRIT her application for the approximately $18 million grant had been handled in a hasty manner designed to circumvent its own scientific reviewers.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/default/article/Anatomy-of-a-grant-Emails-indicate-cancer-agency-3622443.php|title=Anatomy of a grant: Emails indicate cancer agency sought to bypass scientific review|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2017-02-21}} She is a recipient of the 2014 Lila and Murray Gruber Memorial Cancer Research Award. ==Personal life== Chin met her husband, [Ronald A. DePinho](/source/Ronald_A._DePinho), as a medical student at [Albert Einstein College of Medicine](/source/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Chin and her husband have three children together.{{cite web|title=Lynda Chin|url=http://www.tedmed.com/speakers/show?id=6646|publisher=TedMed|access-date=6 November 2013}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chin, Lynda}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:American dermatologists Category:Cancer researchers Category:University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio faculty Category:Brown University alumni Category:Albert Einstein College of Medicine alumni Category:Harvard Medical School faculty Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center faculty Category:Chinese emigrants to the United States Category:American women medical doctors Category:American women academics Category:21st-century American women Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine Category:Women dermatologists Category:Women cancer researchers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lynda Chin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Chin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Chin?action=history)). 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