Rate My Professor Hsien-Chang Lin

Lin has published over 120 journal articles and received R01 grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Key publications include Summit et al., Assessing the Association Between Child Maltreatment and Chronic Pain (Pain, 2026); Zheng et al., Reciprocal Relationships Among Youth Social Media Use, Internalizing Symptoms, and Substance Use (Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2026); Yang et al., Optimal Urinary Cotinine and Total Nicotine Equivalents Cut-point for Distinguishing Tobacco Users from Non-Users among American Youth (Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2025); and Zheng et al., Meme Exposure on Social Media Associated with More Positive E-cigarette Perceptions and Greater Usage Among Youth (Journal of Health Communication, 2025). His accolades include Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine (2024), Mentorship Award from the American Academy of Health Behavior (2023), Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award (2014, 2017), Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior (2019), and service as its President. He also contributed to a National Academies committee on opioids' impact on veterans.