About My Research
Center/Research Area Affiliations
Biography
Dr. Yin conducts basic and clinical research in the areas of corneal angiogenesis, innervation, inflammation, wound healing, dry eye disease, ocular graft-versus-host disease, and corneal dystrophy. She is the principle investigator of several federally funded research projects to investigate treatment for chemical injury to the eye, limbal stem cell deficiency, and other ocular surface diseases.
Education
2003: MD with honors, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
2008: PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology with a concentration in Vision Science, Wayne State University
2020: MPH, Public Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Postgraduate Training
2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
2011: Research Scientist, Department of Ophthalmology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
2015: Residency, Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine
2017: Two-year Research and Clinical Fellow, Cornea, Refractive Surgery, and External Disease, Mass Eye and Ear
Honors
2013: Winner of the American Academy of Ophthalmology ONE Network’s Young Ophthalmologists Grand Rounds Competition
2013: David Barksy, MD, Third Place Prize in Research, Annual Clinical Conference, Kresge Eye Institute
2013: Third Place Prize in Outstanding Achievement in Education, Annual Clinical Conference, Kresge Eye Institute
2014: Stanley Grandon, MD, Top Presentation in Anterior Segment Research, Annual Clinical Conference, Kresge Eye Institute
2014: Second Place Prize in Outstanding Achievement in Education, Annual Clinical Conference, Krege Eye Institute
2015: Hanna Obertynski, MD, Award Recognizing the Best Published Paper, Kresge Eye Institute
2015: David Barsky, MD, First Place Prize in Research, Annual Clinical Conference, Kresge Eye Institute
2015: First Place Prize, Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Annual Conference Resident Research Competition
2015: NIH Travel Grant, ARVO Annual Meeting
2015: Alcon Research Scholar, Mass. Eye and Ear
2016: Claes H. Dohlman Society Fellowship Award