Derrick Lin

Leading development of a mobile platform connecting patients with vetted, gender-affirming care providers. Designed core features including real-time messaging, scheduling, and provider search. Launched beta at UCLA.

Designed custom PCBs for a 60-channel neural recording headstage (90% cost reduction). Built .NET UI for real-time 15kHz neural signal visualization. Engineered BCI hardware enabling neural control of a walking exoskeleton. Collaborated on FDA IDE thermal testing.

Co-founded America's first Teddy Bear Hospital chapter as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Elementary school children bring stuffed animals to mock hospital stations, building positive associations with healthcare. Partnered with UCI, CHOC Pediatric residents, and expanded to UCLA, ASU, Georgia Tech, and UC Berkeley.

Differentiated iPSCs into neurons and developed automated MATLAB image processing pipeline for ~100,000 cells. Optimized neuronal co-cultures on microelectrode arrays for electrophysiology studies.

A Multi-ancestry Osteoarthritis Polygenic Risk Score Predicts Disease in White but not Black Patients

Co-Author · American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2027 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV · March 2027

Female Sex Independently Associated With Lower Postoperative Physical Therapy Utilization

Co-Author · Eastern Orthopaedic Association 57th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL · October 2026

Estimating Mastectomy Weight From Standard Breast Measurements, BMI, Sister Bra Size: A Simple Clinical Formula

Co-Author · Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 71st Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA · June 2026

The Anatomical Breast Burden (ABB) Model: A Schnur Scale Alternative for Identifying Need for Therapeutic Reduction Mammaplasty

Co-Author · Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 71st Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA · June 2026

Transcend: A Digital Platform to Streamline Access to Gender-Affirming Surgical Care

Co-Author · Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 71st Annual Meeting — Top Scoring Abstracts, Los Angeles, CA · June 2026

#AffirmingCare: Investigating the Role of Social Media in Gender-Affirming Surgery Awareness, Perception, and Access Among Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals

Co-Author · Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 71st Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA · June 2026

The Ozempic Face Effect: Shifts in U.S. Demand for Fillers and Contouring Procedures in the GLP-1 Era

Co-Author · Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 71st Annual Meeting (e-Poster), Los Angeles, CA · June 2026

Advancing Skin-Tone Equity in Contactless Flap and Graft Monitoring: A Scoping Review and the STER-8 Checklist

Co-Author · Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 71st Annual Meeting (e-Poster), Los Angeles, CA · June 2026