LU Lin
Born in 1966. National of China. Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor/Director, National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University; Professor/Director, Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health; Director/Professor, National Center for Mental Disorders, China; Professor/Director, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, China; President, Shandong First Medical University.
Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychiatry, West China University of Medical Science, China.
Previously held positions as Research Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, United States (2003-2006); Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, United States (2001-2003).
Author of and contributor to more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and dozens of textbooks and clinical guidelines, with his research primarily focusing on neurobiological mechanisms, clinical interventions, and public health policies pertaining to drug addiction and psychiatric disorders.
Made substantial contributions to the advancement of addiction research and mental health promotion in China and Asia, and worldwide, as President of the Chinese Society of Psychiatry, Chairman of the Expert Committee on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control of the National Narcotics Control Commission of China, Chairman of the Expert Committee on Psychiatry and Mental Health of the National Health Commission of China, Vice-President of the Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research and as a member of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence. Presented papers on the control of illegal drugs and the non-medical use of prescription drugs, as well as on recent progress in and the future direction of mental health care and treatment at international and national conferences, including the sixty-fourth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Third World Health Expo, the East Asia Summit Workshop on Mental Health Cooperation, and annual meetings of the Chinese Society of Psychiatry and the International Conference on Progress in Psychiatry.
Honours include: "Healthy China" 2022 Person of the Year (2023); Distinguished Figure in the Overseas Chinese Community (2023); Contribution Award for Returned Overseas Chinese (2022); Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award (2008, 2015 and 2022); National Innovation Award (2020); Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017); Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education (2008 and 2013); National Natural Science Award (2002).
Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (since 2022) [1]. Member of the Standing Committee on Estimates (2022 and 2024). Member of the Committee on Finance and Administration (2023).