Research Overview

Dr. Pei-Yi (Ivy) Lin's recent research focuses on the impact of neurologic injuries in infancy on cerebral physiology and the relationship between early postnatal cerebral pathophysiology and long-term developmental outcomes. She works to translate her research into improvements in clinical care through the development of objective, quantitative diagnostics for areas where clinical management is currently guided by subjective or incomplete evaluations. With NIH support, she leads her own projects studying associations between cerebral hemodynamics and long-term developmental outcomes in extremely low gestational age neonates with intraventricular hemorrhage and post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, infants with post-infectious hydrocephalus and infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

Research Background

Dr. Pei-Yi (Ivy) Lin is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, a faculty member in the Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, and the Director of the Optical Lab within the Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC) at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH). She has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a license to practice Physical Therapy in Taiwan. As a bioengineer, she is recognized for her expertise in developing and applying novel optical technologies to investigate cerebral physiology, particularly in the settings of the intensive care unit (ICU) and in global health. She is particularly known for contributing to the development of novel frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy (FDNIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) techniques, for which she has two patents pending.

Contact Pei-Yi (Ivy) Lin

Phone: 617-919-1308
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