Shao Lin Assistant Professor School of Public Health, SUNY Address: Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology Center for Environmental Health New York State Department of Health Flanigan Square, Rm 200 547 River Street Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 402-7973 Fax: (518) 402-7959 E-mail: sxl05@health.state.ny.us

Education:

• Ph.D.: Dept. of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
• MPH: Epidemiology, Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
• Residency in General Preventive Medicine: School of Medicine, UNC-CH
• M.D.: Sun Yet-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Courses Frequently Taught:

• EPI 613 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
• EPI 609 Reproductive epidemiology
• Minority health
• General epidemiology methods

Research Interests:

• Environmental epidemiology
• Reproductive epidemiology
• Occupational exposures on reproductive outcomes
• Asthma and environmental exposures
• Health impacts from the September 11 disaster
• School environment and children's health
• Program evaluation
• Intervention in school and home settings

Selected Publications:

Belanger E, Kielb C, Lin S. Asthma Hospitalization Rates among Children, and School Building Conditions, by New York State School Districts, 1991-2001. Journal of School Health 2006:76(8):408-413

Lin S, Reibman J, Bowers JA, Hwang SA, Hoerning A, Gomez M, Fitzgerald EF. Upper Respiratory Symptoms and Other Health Effects among Residents Living near the World Trade Center Site after September 11, 2001. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005;162:499-507

Reibman J, Lin S, Hwang SA, Gulati M, Bowers JA, Rogers L, Berger KI, Hoerning A, Gomez M, and Fitzgerald EF. The World Trade Center Residents' Respiratory Health Study: New Onset Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2005;113(4):406-411.

Lin S, Gomez MI, Hwang S, Franko EM, Bobier JK. An Evaluation of the Asthma Intervention of the New York State Healthy Neighborhoods Program. Journal of Asthma, 41(5):583-595, 2004.

Lin S., Munsie J.P., Hwang S. Fitzgerald E., Cayo M.R.: Childhood asthma hospitalization and residential exposure to state route traffic. Environmental Research, A(88):73-81, 2002.

Lin S. (Invited writer): Reproductive and developmental effects from occupational pesticides exposure. In: Public (Human) Health and Costs of Pesticides, Encyclopedia of Pest Management, Pimentel D., Ed.; Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2001.

Lin S., Hwang S., Marshall E.G.: Does paternal occupational lead exposure increase the risks of low birth weight or prematurity? American Journal of Epidemiology 1998;148:173-81.

Lin S., Gensburg L.J., Marshall E.G.: Maternal work activity and congenital malformations in their offsprings. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998;40(9):829-834.

Lin S., Hwang S., Marshall E.G., Stone R., Chen J.: Occupational lead exposure in male workers and fertility. Annals of Epidemiology 1996;6:201-208.

Lin S., Marshall E.G.: Comparison of demographic and defect characteristics among different developmental stages of congenital limb reduction defects. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 1996;10:294-308.