Tracy Lin, PhD

Education

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, BA, 2005, International Studies
University College London, London, UK, MS, 2007, Public Policy
University of California, Davis, CA, PhD, 2014, Political Science
University of California, San Francisco, CA, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016, Health Policy and Health Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, Fellow, 2017, Health Economics

Honors & Awards

• 2011 - 2014
  University of California, Davis, Department Travel Grant
• 2014
  Winner of the U.S Department of Energy, Detection of Nuclear Proliferation, Network Science Idea Challenge (with Vikram Vijayaraghaven)
• 2015
  Fall Quarter, Dean's Recognition for teaching Excellence, Apple Award
• 2020
  Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Award
• 2018
  London School of Economics and Political Science Middle East Centre Academic Collaboration

Selected Publications

1. Aschmann HE, Tang AS, Lee M, Salcedo KL, Murrill MT, Chen G, Ouyang Y, Lui K, Rahman M, Flood J, Kerkhoff AD, Lin TK, Shete PB, Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium. Preferences for treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in primary care among people in the United States at increased risk of tuberculosis: a pilot survey. medRxiv. 2026 May 22. View on PubMed
2. Lin TK, Werner K, Mitchell A, Hamza MM, De Marco G, Herbst CH. Policy solutions to ameliorate the negative impact of aging on economic productivity: a systematic review. SSM Popul Health. 2026 Jun; 34:101909. View on PubMed
3. Werner K, Lin TK, Binshehah RH, Shahin MA, Al-Zalabani AH, Hamza MM, Alsukait RF, Cetinkaya V, Alghaith T. Cost-effectiveness of smoke-free interventions: A systematic review. Tob Prev Cessat. 2025; 11. View on PubMed
4. Kathleen Cui, Pariswi Tewari, Rakesh Ghosh, Mackenzie Clark, Tracy Kuo Lin, Meera Vimala Ragavan. Do patients who utilize financial assistance programs to pay for oral anti-cancer medications face delays in treatment initiation and continuity?. JCO Oncology Practice. 2025 Oct 7; 21(10_suppl):197-197. View on PubMed
5. Cox C, Hammoudeh W, Lin TK. Exploring the association of household location and sociodemographic profile on dietary diversity in occupied Palestine: a serial cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Aug 08; 25(1):2707. View on PubMed
6. Hawes MR, Chakravarty D, Cheng J, Handley MA, Tsoh JY, Lin TK, Hiatt RA, Vijayaraghavan M. The Healthy Homes Study: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial of a place-based smoke-free home intervention in affordable housing. PLoS One. 2025; 20(7):e0328786. View on PubMed
7. Ryan N, Ganyaglo GYK, Park J, Lin TK, Pozen J, Mittal A, El Ayadi AM. Effectiveness and acceptability of two insertable device models for non-surgical management of obstetric fistula: protocol for a hybrid type I randomized crossover trial. BMC Womens Health. 2025 Jul 04; 25(1):314. View on PubMed
8. El Ayadi AM, Duggal M, Gopalakrishnan L, Bagga R, Singh P, Lin T, Bhan A, Saunik S, Verma GS, Ahuja A, Kaur J, Tugnawat D, Gujarathi S, Singh A, Khan A, Chandke D, Dhir SK, Dhakne-Palwe S, Kumar P, Patil M, Kumar S, Vasaikar N, Weil L, Diamond-Smith N. Effectiveness of Kushal Maa, a group-based mhealth interactive education and social support intervention for maternal and neonatal health outcomes: study protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial in India. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 27; 15(6):e104213. View on PubMed
9. Bonyani A, Lin TK, Jakira A, Kimera ID, Muddu M, Schwartz JI, Kahn JG. Economic assessment of potential changes to essential medicines for diabetes in Uganda. PLoS One. 2025; 20(6):e0326806. View on PubMed
10. Lin G, Lin TK, Alluhidan M, Saber R, Hamza MM, Rakic S, Alfaisal A, Alamri A, Cetinkaya V, Alazmi N. Evidence for Building an Integrated Dementia Healthcare System: A Systematic Review. Clin Gerontol. 2025 Oct-Dec; 48(5):879-895. View on PubMed
11. Alhusseini N, Lin TK, Werner K, Lin G, Altwaijri Y, Baattaiah BA, Bruckner T, AlAhmed R, Alkabbani A, Alsukait RF, Cetinkaya V, Al-Hazzaa HM, Alqahtani SA. Cost-effectiveness of physical activity-oriented interventions for improving mental health: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2025 May 13; 25(1):1766. View on PubMed
12. Jutras G, Lin TK, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI. Annual Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs and Financial Toxicity Among Transplant Recipients in the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 01; 41(2):471-479. View on PubMed
13. Higgins A, Tilghman M, Lin TK. Mobile health clinics in a rural setting: a cost analysis and time motion study of La Clínica in Oregon, United States. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):97. View on PubMed
14. Lin TK, Werner K, Hamza MM, Herbst CH. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conflict and health system-related violent events in Libya: An interrupted time series analysis. Health Policy Open. 2024 Dec 15; 7:100126. View on PubMed
15. Spetz J, Rose J, Kahn JG, Lin T, Levy D, Pugach O, Hyde S, Borrelli B, Henshaw M, Martin M, Nelson S, Ramos-Gomez F, Gansky SA. Cost-effectiveness analysis design for interventions to prevent children's oral disease. Front Oral Health. 2024; 5:1428638. View on PubMed
16. Werner K, Stassen W, Theron E, Wallis LA, Lin TK. Patient Preferences for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care in South Africa: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Value Health Reg Issues. 2024 Sep; 43:101006. View on PubMed
17. Lin G, Werner K, Alqunaiebet A, Hamza MM, Alkanhal N, Alsukait RF, Alruwaily A, Rakic S, Cetinkaya V, Herbst CH, Lin TK. The cost-effectiveness of school-based interventions for chronic diseases: a systematic review. Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2024 Apr 11; 22(1):26. View on PubMed
18. Bridge R, Lin TK. Evidence on the impact of community health workers in the prevention, identification, and management of undernutrition amongst children under the age of five in conflict-affected or fragile settings: a systematic literature review. Confl Health. 2024 Feb 27; 18(1):16. View on PubMed
19. Ragavan MV, Swartz S, Clark M, Lo M, Gupta A, Chino F, Lin TK. Access to Financial Assistance Programs and Their Impact on Overall Spending on Oral Anticancer Medications at an Integrated Specialty Pharmacy. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 02; 20(2):291-299. View on PubMed
20. Boettiger DC, Lin TK, Almansour M, Hamza MM, Alsukait R, Herbst CH, Altheyab N, Afghani A, Kattan F. Projected impact of population aging on non-communicable disease burden and costs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2020-2030. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Dec 08; 23(1):1381. View on PubMed

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