FACULTY
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DR FRANK R LIN
Professor of Otolaryngology, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health Director, Department of Medicine, Mental Health & Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA |
My training and background allow me to span the disciplines of otolaryngology/audiology and cognitive aging/gerontology in my research. Clinically, I am trained as an otolaryngologist with fellowship training in otology, and my clinical expertise is in the medical, surgical, and rehabilitative aspects of treating hearing loss in older adults. Concurrently, I have a dual appointment in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology in the School of Medicine and joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Mental Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. I am also the Director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where I direct a broad research program focused on understanding the impact of hearing loss on older adults with a particular focus on brain aging and cognition. Since 2010, I have led epidemiologic and clinical studies that have contributed to our understanding of the impact of hearing loss on older adults. I have also led national and international initiatives focused on hearing loss in adults including serving on multiple National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committees and serving as the lead academician behind the recent passage of the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 in the United States.
