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
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”