Tara Lin, M.D.

Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests

Leukemia | Myelodysplastic Syndrome | Myeloproliferative Disorders

Research Interests

Novel therapies in relapsed acute leukemia | Cancer stem cell targeted therapies

Research Activities

Publications

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Education and Training

Medical school: Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Residency: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. (Medical Oncology)
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., Sandefur Fellow in Stem Cell Research Laboratory of Dr. Richard Jones
Fellowship: UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., Laboratory of Dr. Kathleen Sakamoto David Geffen School of Medicine
Degree: MS, Clinical Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La.

Awards

• Echols Scholar
• School of Medicine Merit Scholarships
• American Cancer Society Fellowship
• Susan J. Mellette Oncology Scholarship
• Sandefur Fellow in Cancer Stem Cell Research, Johns Hopkins University
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Young Investigator Award
• American Association for Cancer Research-Women in Cancer Research Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Award
• LSU Health Sciences Center Executive Research Council Translational Research Initiative Award 
• Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium Recognition for Scientific Achievement, LCRC Annual Scientific Retreat
• Louisiana Board of Regents Clinical and Translational Research, Education and Commercialization Project Clinical Research Training Award 
• American Association of Medical Colleges Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Program 
• Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium 1st Place Award
• Clinical/Translational Research, LCRC Annual Scientific Retreat
• Ladies Leukemia League of the Gulf South Grant Recipient
• University of Kansas Department of Internal Medicine Office of Scholarly, Academic and Research Mentoring Incubator Faculty

Organizations

• American Society of Hematology
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation