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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Werner K, Alsuhaibani SA, Alsukait RF, Alshehri R, Herbst CH, Alhajji M, Lin TK. Behavioural economic interventions to reduce health care appointment non-attendance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Oct 23; 23(1):1136.  View on PubMed
  10. Bruckner TA, Lin TK, Liu J, Bornemisza O, Ajuebor O, Diallo K, Cometto G. A novel approach to estimate the impact of health workforce investments on health outcomes through increased coverage of HIV, TB and malaria services. Hum Resour Health. 2023 08 21; 21(1):67.  View on PubMed
  11. Werner K, Kak M, Herbst CH, Lin TK. Emergency care in post-conflict settings: a systematic literature review. BMC Emerg Med. 2023 04 01; 23(1):37.  View on PubMed
  12. Foote T, Willis L, Lin TK. National Oral Health Policy and Financing and Dental Health Status in 19 Countries. Int Dent J. 2023 Jun; 73(3):449-455.  View on PubMed
  13. Lin TK, Zarate DEA, Iribarren N, Lindau H, Ramos-Gomez F, Gansky SA. Quality-Adjusted Life Year Proxies for Caries in Primary Dentition: A Discrete Choice Experiment. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2024 01; 9(1):85-94.  View on PubMed
  14. Werner K, Kak M, Herbst CH, Lin TK. The role of community health worker-based care in post-conflict settings: a systematic review. Health Policy Plan. 2023 Feb 13; 38(2):261-274.  View on PubMed
  15. Lin TK, Werner K, Kak M, Herbst CH. Health-care worker retention in post-conflict settings: a systematic literature review. Health Policy Plan. 2023 Jan 06; 38(1):109-121.  View on PubMed
  16. Hammoudeh W, Mitwalli S, Kafri R, Lin TK, Giacaman R, Leone T. The mental health impact of multiple deprivations under protracted conflict: A multi-level study in the occupied Palestinian territory. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2(12):e0001239.  View on PubMed
  17. Boettiger DC, Lin TK. Cost-effectiveness of liposomal amphotericin B for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 12; 10(12):e1705-e1706.  View on PubMed
  18. Maya S, Kahn JG, Lin TK, Jacobs LM, Schmidt LA, Burrough WB, Ghasemzadeh R, Mousli L, Allan M, Donovan M, Barker E, Horvath H, Spetz J, Brindis CD, Malekinejad M. Indirect COVID-19 health effects and potential mitigating interventions: Cost-effectiveness framework. PLoS One. 2022; 17(7):e0271523.  View on PubMed
  19. Lin TK, Kafri R, Hammoudeh W, Mitwalli S, Jamaluddine Z, Ghattas H, Giacaman R, Leone T. Pathways to food insecurity in the context of conflict: the case of the occupied Palestinian territory. Confl Health. 2022 Jul 06; 16(1):38.  View on PubMed
  20. Ana I. Velazquez Manana, Hala Borno, Evelin Trejo, Sylvia Zhang, Abigail A. Rodriguez Saldana, Ivan C. Leung, Hilary K. Seligman, Tracy Kuo Lin. Evaluating predictors of food insecurity among patients with cancer in the safety-net setting. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2022 Jun 1; 40(16_suppl):e18550-e18550.  View on PubMed

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