Yin Tintut, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Physiology, and Orthopaedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry, summa cum laude, from California State University, Los Angeles, and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UCLA as a USPHS National Research Trainee. Dr. Tintut has held continuous academic and research appointments at UCLA since 1995, advancing through progressive faculty ranks and serving in leadership roles including Chair of the Physiology Safety Committee and Director of the Physiology Teaching Laboratory. Her research focuses on vascular and valvular calcification, bone–vascular interactions, aging, lipid-mediated inflammation, exercise biology, and the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal effects of electronic cigarette exposure. Dr. Tintut has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous federally funded grants from the NIH (NHLBI, NIA, NIDDK), Department of Defense, American Heart Association, NSF, and CTSI. Dr. Tintut has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications, serves on editorial boards of leading scientific journals, and regularly serves as a judge for scientific meetings and as a reviewer for NIH and international funding agencies.