Dr. Lin Yang’s a research scientist in the Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research at the Alberta Health services. Her research focuses on the role of energy balance in cancer prevention and survivorship. Using a transdisciplinary approach, her research program integrates methodologies from clinical research, epidemiology, and implementation science to elucidate the biological mechanisms of energy balance and cancer to inform personalized interventions paving the way towards sustainable scaling-up.
Projects in her program incorporate cutting-edge technologies in novel biological markers assessment, 24-hour activity monitoring and AI technologies to identify modifiable dimensions of daily activity as risk factors of cancer and the impact on cancer progression; leverage intervention studies to examine the optimal type, dose, and timing of exercise to improve patient reported and clinical outcomes across the cancer care continuum; and actively work with healthcare teams to harmonize innovative movement-based interventions in the cancer care pathway.