Charles Lin, Ph.D.

Program Director

Molecular Imaging Branch

Dr. Charles Lin is a program director in the Molecular Imaging Branch of the Cancer Imaging Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Lin received a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology. He was a senior investigator in the Center for Cancer Research of the NCI for more than a decade. Dr. Lin joined the NCI after over a decade of service as a tenured professor of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Biology and Cell & Developmental Biology in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was a member of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Dr. Lin's research focused on the roles of angiogenesis, inflammation and the tumor microenvironment in tumor growth and progression. Dr. Lin has a broad spectrum of expertise in Cancer Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Cell Signaling and Cancer Imaging Science.