Dr. Sophia Lin

Biography

Dr. Sophia Lin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia. With over a decade of research experience, her work primarily focuses on chronic disease prevention and control, particularly concerning obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cervical cancer. She has worked with a diverse range of communities, including Indigenous and culturally linguistically diverse adults in both urban and rural Australia as well as in the Pacific Islands, Asia, and East Africa. Dr. Lin employs existing data to collaborate with community groups and organizations, helping them to develop, deliver, evaluate, and advocate solutions for urgent public health issues. In her role, she teaches undergraduate courses on epidemiology, chronic disease program evaluation, and the advocacy of physical activity and nutrition. She is also the Academic Advisor for the Bachelor of International Public Health program and Chairs the Early Career and Postgraduate Students Sub-Committee of CAPHIA (Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia). Dr. Lin completed her PhD at UNSW Sydney in 2017, where she investigated the epidemiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes in Pacific Island nations, and holds a Master of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) (Honours) from the University of Sydney.

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