Shin-Yi Lin *11 MOL
Scientist, Parent, Foodie
Deputy Director of Medicaid Policy, New Jersey Department of Human Services/Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services
Shin-Yi Lin is a Taiwanese-American, born and raised in California. At Princeton, she studied genetics and development in the Department of Molecular Biology and was active with the graduate student government, the Writing Center and the Princeton Research Symposium. After two decades as a lab scientist, she made what was initially a temporary shift into policy in 2019 — but it stuck when she saw the kind of good local governments could do during the pandemic. Lin has been supporting health policy for New Jersey’s Medicaid program, which provides healthcare coverage for 1.7 million residents. She’s currently the deputy director of Medicaid Policy in the state’s Department of Human Services. She cares about academics in public service (as avocation or vocation), equity and diversity in what we do and where we work, the highs and lows of parenting, reading books and enjoying good food. She lives in the Princeton area with Matt Weber *09 and their kids.