Roles
Assistant Professor
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Biography
Biography
Dr. Lin Zhu is a public health decision scientist who develops mathematical and computational models to evaluate the population-level health and economic impacts of infectious disease prevention and control programs, with the goal of optimizing resource allocation and improving health outcomes. Drawing on an interdisciplinary background in medicine, epidemiology, and decision analysis, she translates complex data into actionable insights to inform health policymaking from both clinical and population-level perspectives. Prior to joining UM, she served as a Senior Research Engineer in the Department of Health Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In recent years, her research has focused on social network analysis and the development of a dynamic agent-based network model that simulates hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission through injection partnerships among people who inject drugs (PWID). She has used this model to evaluate a range of testing and treatment strategies designed to address key barriers to HCV elimination. She is the principal investigator of a K99/R00 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) supporting her work on HCV elimination. She also serves as a co-investigator on the NIDA-funded HEAL Data2Action Modeling and Economic Resource Center, as well as on an Epidemiologic and Economic Modeling Agreement funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Beyond her primary research on hepatitis C, she has been actively engaged throughout her academic career in a broad portfolio of infectious disease research, including HIV, sexually transmitted infections, malaria, COVID-19, and vaccination strategies. With a clinical background and a deep-rooted passion for medicine, she is also interested in expanding her work toward other diseases and health conditions marked by significant knowledge gaps and urgent unmet needs, with the goal of translating innovative clinical approaches into evidence-based strategies that drive impactful improvements in population health. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Publications
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