Lu CaiProfile page
Professor
School of Medicine
- ProfessorSchool of Medicine
- University of Louisville, Pediatric Research Institute, Pediatrics, 570 S. Preston Street, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States
BIO
Dr. Lu Cai received his MD in medicine and PhD in Radiation Biology/Oncology in China, and postdoctoral training in the University of Western Ontario in the toxicology of environmental exposure to metals and McGill University in reproductive toxicology of anticancer drugs in Canada. Dr. Cai now is a tenured Professor of Departments of Pediatrics, Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology and Toxicology, where he has well-trained many physician siceintist and toxicologists, taught many radiation oncologist residents, and been working on many projects, including cellular and molecular mechanisms of diabetes-induced cardiovascular diseases, focusing on the role of oxidative stress in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy, and impacts of enviromental exposure to nonessential metals or low dose radiation on the human health, including cancer and metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Louisville, Medicine, Louisville, United States1 Apr 2001
- ProfessorUniversity of Louisville, Pediatrics, 570 S. Preston Street, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States1 Jul 2013
- ProfessorUniversity of Louisville, Radiation Oncology, Louisville, United States7 Jan 2013
- ProfessorUniversity of Louisville, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Louisville, United States7 Jan 2013
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- DirectorUniversity of Louisville, Pediatric Research Institute, Louisville, United States5 Jan 2013
- Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair for Pediatric ResearchUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, United States5 Jan 2013
DEGREES
- PhDJilin University, Changchun, China9 Jan 1990
CERTIFICATIONS
- MDJilin University, Changchun, China9 Jan 1983
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral fellowUniversity of Western Ontario, London, Canada1 Jul 1993 - 31 Dec 1994Pathology/ToxicologyPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Cherian MG
- Postdoctoral fellowMiGil University, Montreal, Canada1 Jan 1995 - 30 Jun 2025Postdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Robair B
- Research AssociateWestern University, London, Canada1 Jul 1996 - 31 Oct 1999Research AssociateOtherSupervised by Cherian MG
- Senior Research AssociateUniversity of Louisville, Louisville, United States1 Nov 1999 - 31 Mar 2001Senior Research AssociateOtherSupervised by Kang YJ
LANGUAGES
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin)