Hang Lin, PhD

  • Lab PI, Associate Professor

Associate Professor of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Bioengineering

Grants and Programs Director, Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center

Faculty member, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Faculty member, Pathology Graduate Program

University of Pittsburgh 

Member, ORS membership committee

Member, OARSI communication committee

Google Scholar 

Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh, 2023-, Associate Professor
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2017-23, Assistant Professor
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2015-17, Research Instructor
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2010-15, Postdoc associate
  • National Institutes of Health, 2008-10, Postdoc fellow
  • Institute of genetics and developmental biology, CAS, 2002-08, PhD
  • Nanjing University, 1998-02, BS

Research Grants

1. R01AR082386 (PI)

Agency: NIH/NIAMS      

"Defining the unique capacity of the miniature joint model for investigating the role of adipose tissue and its impacts on osteoarthritis"

2. R01AR084472 (PI, 2%, pending)

Agency: NIH/NIAMS  

"Repurposing FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of osteoarthritis using high-throughput screening in microphysiological models "

3. UH3TR002136 (PI)                                            

Agency: NIH/NCATS/NIAMS                                                 

 “Tissue Chip Modeling of Synovial Joint Pathologies: Effects of Inflammation and Adipose-Mediated Diabetic Complications”.

4. UG3/UH3 TR003090 (Multi-PI)                              

Agency: NIH/NCATS/HEAL

“Joint Pain on a Chip: Mechanistic Analysis Therapeutic Targets and an Empirical Strategy for Personalized Pain Management”

5.  W81XWH2010902 (PI)        

Agency: Department of Defense

" Tissue chip modeling of acute and chronic pain in osteoarthritis"

6. R21AR083025 (PI)

Agency: NIH/NIAMS

“Forskolin-enhanced microfracture to regenerate hyaline cartilage in chondral defect”

7. The CURE grant           

Agency: Pennsylvania Department of Health

“ Investigating the Role of Estrogen Receptor- in the Pathogenesis of Osteoarthritis”