Center/Research Area Affiliations

• Cornea Center of Excellence

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