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About Us

Feng Vankee Lin, PhD, RN

Research Associate
Feng Vankee Lin

Contact Information

601 Elmwood Avenue, Box SON Rochester, NY 14642
Work: (585) 276-6002
Fax: (585) 273-1268
Email:

Education

Post-doc, 2013. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, US

PhD, 2011. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US

MS, 2009. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US

BMED, 2006. Jilin University, Changchun, CN

BA, 2005. Jilin University, Changchun, CN

Research

Role of Vision-based Computerized Cognitive Training in Preventing Cognitive and Functional Decline in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. 7/2013 - 6/2015. CTSA University of Rochester, NIH.

Role of Mental Fatigue in Engagement in Cognitively Stimulating Activities in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. 2012 - 2013. Sigma Theta Tau International Small Grants.

Representations, Coping, and Health Outcomes among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment.. 2010 - 2011. Sigma Theta Tau International/Midwest Nursing Research Society .

Publications

Lin F., Heffner K.L., Mapstone M., Chen D., & Porsteinsson A.P. . (2013). Frequency of Mentally Stimulating Activities Modifies the Relationship between Cardiovascular Reactivity and Executive Function in Old Age. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry .

Lin, F., & Heidrich, S. M. . (2012). Role of older adult’s illness schemata in coping with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72 (5), 357-363.

Lin, F., Chen, D-G., Vance, D.E., Ball, K.K., & Mapstone, M.. (2012). Longitudinal relationships between subjective fatigue, cognitive function, and everyday functioning in old age. International Psychogeriatrics (doi:10.1017/S1041610212001718), 25 (2), 275 – 285.

Vance, D.E., Kaur, J., Fazeli, P.L., Talley, M.H., Yuen, H.K. & Lin, F.. (2012). Neuroplasticity and successful cognitive aging: A brief overview for nursing. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 44 (4), Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.

Lin, F., Friedman, E., Quinn, J., Chen, D., & Mapstone, M. . (2012). Effect of Leisure Activities on Inflammation and Cognitive Function in an Aging Sample. . Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 54 (3), e398-404.

Lin, F., Vance, D.E., Gleason, C.E., & Heidrich, S.M. . (2012). Taking care of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: An update for nurses. Journal of Gerontological Nursing (featured as Continuing Nursing Education article)DOI:10.3928/00989134-20121106-03, 38 (12), 22-35.

Lin, F., Chen, D.-G., Vance, D., & Mapstone, M.. (2012). Laboratory-and Real World-Based Speed of Processing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbs075.

Lin, F., Gleason, C.E., & Heidrich, S.M.. (2012). Illness Representations in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Research in Gerontological Nursing (15), 1-12.

Lin F, Wharton W, Dowling NM, Ries ML, Johnson SC, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, & Gleason CE.. (2010). Awareness of Memory Abilities in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Suspected Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment. . Dementia and Geriatrics Cognitive Disorders, 30 (1), 83-92.

Lin, F. , Yuan, H. (2006). Analysis of combining parish nursing with oriental philosophy applied in senile people's depressive disorders in Chinese community. Modern Nursing , 12 (2), 130-132.

Awards

13th Annual OBSSR/NHLBI Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials involving Behavioral Interventions.
OBSSR/NHLBI, NIH, 2013

KL2.
CTSA, University of Rochester, NIH, 2013

Young Investigator Award.
American Neuropsychiatric Association, 2012

Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health.
National Institute on Mental Health, 2012

Mary L. Keller Memorial Research Scholarship.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

Travelling Fellowship .
International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease , 2010

Gwen Shapiro Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010

The Signe Scott Cooper Writing Award.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009

Eckburg Fund Research Award.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009

Sigma Theta Tau International Beta-Eta-at-Large Chapter Research Award.
Sigma Theta Tau International, 2008

Contact Us

University of Rochester image phone School of Nursing
Box SON
Helen Wood Hall
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642
(585) 275-2375