Ling Han, MD, PhD, MS
Senior Research Scientist (Geriatrics)Cards
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Senior Research Scientist (Geriatrics)
Biography
Dr. Han completed his medical training, practiced psychiatry and taught courses in general psychiatry and clinical psychometry for medical universities for thirteen years in China before coming to the United States for post-graduate training under ECFMG’s IMSP fellowship in 1994. Subsequently he obtained a MSc and a PhD degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University, Montral, Canada. He jointed Yale School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine in 2001 and now is a Senior Research Scientist and biostatistician with Yale Department of Internal Medicine/Geriactics and Program on Aging. His main research interests included longitudinal modeling of cognitive and functional decline of older persons, quasi-experimental design and analyses of medical interventions, risk assessment for anticholinergic drug burden and polypharmacy, and multi-level modeling of individual and contextual determinants of health outcomes. His research achievements included two WHO awards for Chinese Young Professionals, the development of common ARC (Annual Rate of Change) for Alzheimer’s disease progression, the development of clinician rated anticholinergic score (CR-ACHS) for assessing cumulative anticholinergic drug burden on cognitive risk, and more than 100 peer reviewed research publications as the primary or a coauthor.
Appointments
Geriatric Medicine
Senior Research ScientistPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- PhD
- McGill University, Epidemiology & Biostatistics (2006)
- MS
- McGill University, Epidemiology & Biostatistics (2000)
- Research Fellow
- McGill University (1999)
- Visiting Associate
- National Institutes of Health (1997)
- ECFMG Fellow
- University of Wasgington (1995)
- MD
- Hunan Medical University, Mental Health Institute/Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry (1988)
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Public Health Interests
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News & Links
News
- October 25, 2023
Assessing Symptoms in Older Adults After Critical Illness
- October 13, 2022
Discoveries & Impact (October 2022)
- September 16, 2021
Discoveries & Impact (September 2021)
- August 23, 2021
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