Feng-Chang Lin

Feng-Chang Lin is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. He holds positions in the Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (TraCS) and NC TraCS CTSA. His expertise spans biostatistical methods for recurrent event modeling, survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and hypertension monitoring. Dr. Lin's research addresses biomedical challenges such as infectious disease modeling and prevention clinical trials. He teaches advanced statistics courses including BIOS 661/673.

Education: PhD in Statistics from University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008), MA in Statistics (2006).

Research interests include survival analysis, generalized linear models, longitudinal analysis, hypertension monitoring, and infectious disease research. His work bridges statistical innovation with clinical applications, particularly in cardiology, oncology, and public health.

Service activities include serving as Statistics Editor for *Genetics in Medicine* (2012-2018) and reviewing for top journals like JASA and Biometrics. Non-academic roles include leadership in the North Carolina Raleigh Chinese Language School.

Key awards include the 2018-2019 Gillings Teaching Innovation Award and a Taiwanese Study Abroad Scholarship (2005-2006). His publications span statistical methodologies and applied biomedical research, often addressing clinical trial design, disease recurrence models, and public health interventions.