Acting Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Lin
Dr. Lin an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Surgery and the Assistant Director of the General Practice Residency. She obtained her DMD with distinction from McGill University, then completed a GPR at University of Washington. In 2022, she obtained a Master of Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she focused her studies on climate change mitigation and health policy. Since then, she has been working on promoting sustainability in dentistry through lectures, research, and the creation of the Climate Action and Sustainability Team at UW. Dr. Lin also offers dental care in community clinics and is very involved in improving access to dental care locally, serving in the leadership of the Seattle/King County Clinic and volunteering with students at various outreach events.
- 2012-2013 Dentistry Preparatory Program, McGill University
- 2013-2017 DMD, McGill University
- 2017-2018 General Practice Residency, University of Washington
- 2021-2022 Master of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Oxborrow DG, Dong C, Lin IF. Simulation clinic waste audit assessment and recommendations at the University of Washington School of Dentistry. J Dent Educ. 2024 May;88(5):623-630. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13470. Epub 2024 Feb 12. PMID: 38343343.
- Lin. “Climate Change and Oral Healthcare: A Bidirectional Relationship.” University of Washington Planetary Health Interest Group. June 2024, virtual.
- Lin. “How to Incorporate Sustainability in Your Dental Practice.” Pacific Northwest Dental Conference. June 2023, Seattle, WA.
- Lin, H. Nguyen. “How Publicly Financed Dental Care is Delivered in Canada vs the United States.” Coalition for Dentalcare webinar series, November 2020, virtual.
Climate action in dentistry, waste reduction in dentistry, effects of climate change on health, dental public health