Dr. Shih-Yin Lin is a Senior Research Scientist at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is currently Senior Research Scientist/Project Director for Aliviado Health at the Harford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, where she provides scientific and operational leadership on an NIH-funded, 25-site pragmatic clinical trial that tests the effectiveness of the Aliviado Dementia Care program. Dr. Lin received a PhD in Nursing Science and an MPH in Health Services from the University of Washington, an MM in Music Therapy from Michigan State University, and a BFA from National Taiwan Normal University. While pursuing her doctorate, Lin received additional research training through a T32 Aging and Informatics training program and a TL1 Multidisciplinary Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program. Dr. Lin received postdoctoral training at the University of Washington School of Medicine through a T15 Biomedical and Health Informatics Training Program. Dr. Lin has extensive experience working with persons living with dementia. Before becoming a PhD-trained scientist, Lin worked as a full-time music therapist for five years, providing on average, 1,000 group and individual therapy sessions annually in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day centers, senior centers, veteran homes, retirement communities, medical centers, and private residences, seeing approximately 200 persons with dementia weekly. Her research interests include delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD), non-pharmacological interventions, and technologies for older adults and their care partners. Dr. Lin was a recipient of the NIDUS II Collaborative Award in 2022 and 2023. Dr. Lin is the principal investigator of an ongoing pilot study of a family-centered delirium intervention, the Aliviado DSD Caregiving Mastery Program (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05630014).