Dr. Lin has focused on understanding the wound-healing mechanisms in skin, eyes, and lung. His research interests include skin wound repair/regeneration, pathological ocular angiogenesis, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Specifically, his research focuses on the role of damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) signaling in vascular inflammation, with a goal to fully elucidate the role of inflammation in abnormal vascular growth and remodeling.