Current Position, Affiliation
- Associate professor, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
- Attending Physician, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
Education / Training
- 2021, PhD., PhD (DPhil) in Clinical Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2013, M.S., Master in Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 2010, B.S, Bachelor in Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Professional and Research Experience
- 2022 - 2023, Researcher, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- 2021 - 2022, Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2016 - 2017, Researcher, Kyoto University, Japan
Awards & Honors
- 2021, Sweden heart-lung foundation grant
- 2020, Sweden Rönnow prize and scholarship
- 2020, Swedish Society for Medical Research awards scholarship
- 2019, Astellas medical scholarship
- 2018, Best abstract award in 27th meeting of the international society of hypertension
Selected Publications
- Huang JK,…,Salihovic S, Lin YT*. Decreased levels of perfluoroalkyl substances in patients receiving hemodialysis treatment. Science of Total Environment. 2023 Jun 28;896:165184. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.1651
- Lin YT*, Sayols S,…, Fall T. The association between the gut microbiome and 24-hour blood pressure measurements in the SCAPIS study. Commun Med 5, 276 (2025)
- Lin YT*, Wuopio J,…, Ärnlöv J. The association between novel urinary kidney damage biomarkers and coronary atherosclerosis in an apparently healthy population. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 25;14(1):29215.
- Dekkers KF, Sayols-Baixeras S,..., Lin YT, ..., Orho-Melander M, Fall T. An online atlas of human plasma metabolite signatures of gut microbiome composition. Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 23;13(1):5370.
- NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Leanne M Riley, Christopher J Paciorek, Gretchen A Stevens, Edward W Gregg, James E Bennett, ...Lin YT,..., Nada Zoghlami, Julio Zuñiga Cisneros, Majid Ezzati. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980.
Environmental Exposures and CKD Risk
Role
Speaker
Date & Time
12/07 16:40 - 17:00
Place
Room 1 ( 701A )
Lecture Title
The Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Challenge in Nephrology - The Clinical Impact in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Hemodialysis