I-Mei Lin

 I - Mei   Lin

Professor 

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Contact 

Office: CS820

 Lab: CS821

Tel: (07) 3215422 ext. 837；(07)322-0374 

Email: psyiml@gap.kmu.edu.tw

Education

        Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, National Chung Cheng University

 

Current position

  • Professor, Department of Psychology, Kaohsiung Medical University

  • Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Medicine Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

  • Clinical Psychologist, Dividion of Family Medicine and and Weight Management Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

  • President, Taiwan Association of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback 

  • Chairman, Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Development Committee, Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology

  • Associate Editor of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 

  • International Society for Neuroregulation & Research, International Advisory Board, USA

  • Biofeedback Federation of Europe (BFE) Program Committee, Europe

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Taiwan 

 

Professional experiences

  • Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California Leonard Davis school of Gerontology, USA

  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Taiwan

  • PI, Pervasive Artificial Intelligence Research Labs, National Science and Technology Council

  • Executive Board Member, Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology

  • Senior Clinical Psychologist, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital

  • Supervisor and Psychological Counseling Teacher, Student Counseling Center, Kaohsiung Medical University

  • Career Counseling Teacher, Kaohsiung Medical University

  • Member of Gender Equality Education Committee, Kaohsiung Medical University

  • Research Advisor, Industrial Technology Research Institute

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University

  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Kaohsiung Medical University

  • Director, Kaohsiung Clinical Psychologists Association

  • Director, Kaohsiung Mental Health Treatment Association

  • Institute for Holistic Health Studies, San Francisco State University, USA

  • Vice Secretary, Taiwan Psychotherapy Association

  • Clinical Supervisor of Biofeedback and Psychotherapy, St. Joseph’s Hospital, National Taiwan University Yunlin Branch, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

Clinical Psychologist Experience

  • Clinical Psychologist, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Hospital

  • Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatry Department, Wanqiao Veterans Hospital

  • Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Rouser Hospital

  • Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Promotion Center, National Chung Cheng University

  • Resident Clinical Psychologist at Chiayi County and Yunlin County Mental Health Center

  • Clinical Psychologist, Chiayi County Education Bureau, and Social Bureau

Research Interests

  • Physiological and neurological feedback (depression, anxiety disorders)
  • Health Psychology (cardiovascular disease, weight management, physical and mental stress assessment, and treatment)
  • Clinical psychology (psychological evaluation and psychotherapy)

Licenses and Certification

  • Clinical Psychologist License
  • Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) certification

    Biofeedback & Neurofeedback Lab

            Professor I-Mei Lin is a clinical psychologist and psychophysiology researcher with more than 20 years of clinical and research experience. She conducted visiting research in biofeedback at San Francisco State University from 2007 to 2008 and was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology from 2025 to 2026.

            Her research focuses on the psychophysiological mechanisms of depression and related clinical conditions, with emphasis on autonomic regulation, EEG, biofeedback, neurofeedback, and heart-brain interactions.

            A major line of her work examines heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) as a bottom-up intervention targeting autonomic regulation. Her studies have investigated HRVB in depression, coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), substance-use populations, healthy adults, and adolescents under academic stress. More recently, she has incorporated wearable technologies and artificial intelligence to advance personalized psychophysiological assessment and intervention. She has also contributed to the development of a Taiwanese normative database of heart rate variability (HRV) index.

            Her EEG and neurofeedback research investigate neural mechanisms associated with depression and develops interventions including frontal alpha asymmetry neurofeedback, high-beta inhibited neurofeedback, Z-score neurofeedback, and standardized weighted low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (swLORETA) neurofeedback. She has also contributed to the development of a Taiwanese EEG normative database and quantitative EEG brain-mapping research.

            Her current work centers on bidirectional heart-brain and brain-heart regulation. From a bottom-up perspective, she examines how resonance-frequency breathing and HRVB influence prefrontal activity and large-scale neural networks. From a top-down perspective, she investigates infra-slow frequency neurofeedback targeting cingulate cortex and default mode network activity.

            Overall, her research aims to integrate autonomic physiology, HRV, EEG, and neurofeedback to develop mechanism-based and precision psychophysiological interventions for depression and other clinical populations.

    Participating Societies

    • Member of the Taiwan Association of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, Taiwan
    • Member of the Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology, Taiwan
    • Member of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, AAPB, USA
    • Member of the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research, ISNR, USA

    Awards

    • 2019 Ministry of Science and Technology Future Technology Breakthrough Award

    • 2019 Best Popular Technology Award, Ministry of Science and Technology

    • 2012-2020 Kaohsiung Medical University Research Merit Faculty: Research Merit Faculty Award, General Faculty Group

    • 2012, 2018 Kaohsiung Medical University Research Merit Faculty: Research Project Merit Award

    • 2015 Kaohsiung Medical University Research Merit Faculty: Outstanding Paper Award

    • 2013, 2015~2018 Kaohsiung Medical University Alumni Association: Outstanding Faculty Paper Award

    • 2014~2022 Ministry of Science and Technology Award for Special Talent

    • Travel Grant and Award Prize of Pulse of Asia 2017 (POA 2017) International Symposium Moderated Poster

    • 2015 School Grade Merit Counselor 

    Grants  

    Research Projects from National Science and Technology Council (PI)

    1. 「心腦連結理論：心跳變異生理回饋與神經回饋對年輕鬱症患者與亞臨床憂鬱個案之療效」113~115年度國科會研究計畫（2024/8/1~2027/7/31）

    2. 「心腦連結理論：心跳變異生理回饋對鬱症之大腦腦區活性與神經網絡之效果」114年度國科會補助科學與技術人員國外短期研究（2025/8/1~2026/5/31）

    3. 「鬱症之量化腦波、swLORETA分析暨swLORETA Z分數神經回饋療效研究」111~112年度國科會研究計畫（2022/8/1~2024/7/31）

    4. 「鬱症之量化腦波分析暨神經回饋療效研究」。110年度科技部研究計劃(2021/8/1~2022/7/31)。

    5. 「人工智慧情緒偵測與多模態健康生理訊號整合系統應用在心血管疾病高風險病人之居家心理照顧方案(2/2) 」 。109年度科技部整合型研究計劃：人工智慧(AI)專案計畫(智慧服務領域) (2020/1/1~2020/12/31)。

    6. 「人工智慧情緒偵測與多模態健康生理訊號整合系統應用在心血管疾病高風險病人之居家心理照顧方案(1/2) 」 。108年度科技部整合型研究計劃：人工智慧(AI)專案計畫(智慧服務領域) (2019/1/1~2019/12/31)。

    7. 「合併/未合併焦慮症狀的憂鬱症之量化腦波暨神經回饋療效研究」。105-106年度科技部研究計劃(2016/8/1~2018//7/31)。

    8. 「行動裝置心肺同步呼吸訓練對心跳變異與腦波之成效」。104年度科技部研究計劃 (2015/8/1~2016/7/31)。

    9. 「接受心跳變異生理回饋的冠心病患者之一年預後追蹤研究(II) 」。103年度科技部研究計劃(2014/8/1~2015/7/31)。

    10. 「心跳變異生理回饋在合併憂鬱的冠心病患者之療效暨一年追蹤研究」。102年度國科會研究計劃(2013/8/1~2014/7/31)。

    11. 「探討憂鬱症患者之心理病理機制：自主神經失調與心臟迷走神經調控模式」。101年度國科會研究計劃(2012/8/1~2013/7/31)。

    • Other Research Projects (PI)

    1. 「建構社區型高齡者腦健康管理平台及落地：結合智慧腦波篩檢技術於認知功能障礙早期預警與認知功能介入之應用(1/2)」。115年度國科會一般策略專案計畫共同主持人（2026/8/1~2027/7/31)

    2. 「打造智慧臨床心理中心-AI 心理評估與數位心理治療-II」。115學年度高醫大學院特色研究計劃(2026/8/1~2027/7/31)。 

    3. 「打造智慧臨床心理中心-AI 心理評估與數位心理治療」。113-114學年度高醫大學學院特色研究計劃(2025/1/1~2026/7/31)。 

    4. 「人工智慧機器學習預測憂鬱、心跳變異對第二型糖尿病者血糖控制之成效」。110學年度中山-高醫產學合作研究補助計畫(2022/5/1~2023/4/30)。 

    5. 「使用呼吸導引APP訓練前後對HRV參數差異的研究」。工業技術研究院產學合作計劃(2015/11/1~2015/12/31)。

    6. 「憂鬱症病人的腦波智慧診斷系統」。中山-高醫產學合作研究補助計畫(2019/11/1~2020/10/31)。

    7. 「心跳變異生理回饋在學生壓力與情緒調適之療效研究」。明遠生活科技股份有限公司產學合作計劃(2019/10/1~2020/3/31)。

    8. 「團體心跳變異生理回饋在憂鬱症患者之療效研究」。高雄醫學大學新聘教師專題研究計劃(2012/1/1~2012/12/31)。

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