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Lu Cai

Professor

School of Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0003-3048-1135
  • Professor
    School 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 Professor
    University of Louisville, Medicine, Louisville, United States1 Apr 2001
  • Professor
    University of Louisville, Pediatrics, 570 S. Preston Street, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States1 Jul 2013
  • Professor
    University of Louisville, Radiation Oncology, Louisville, United States7 Jan 2013
  • Professor
    University of Louisville, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Louisville, United States7 Jan 2013

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director
    University of Louisville, Pediatric Research Institute, Louisville, United States5 Jan 2013
  • Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair for Pediatric Research
    University of Louisville, Louisville, United States5 Jan 2013

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Jilin University, Changchun, China9 Jan 1990

CERTIFICATIONS

  • MD
    Jilin University, Changchun, China9 Jan 1983

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral fellow
    University of Western Ontario, London, Canada1 Jul 1993 - 31 Dec 1994
    Pathology/ToxicologyPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Cherian MG
  • Postdoctoral fellow
    MiGil University, Montreal, Canada1 Jan 1995 - 30 Jun 2025
    Postdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Robair B
  • Research Associate
    Western University, London, Canada1 Jul 1996 - 31 Oct 1999
    Research AssociateOtherSupervised by Cherian MG
  • Senior Research Associate
    University of Louisville, Louisville, United States1 Nov 1999 - 31 Mar 2001
    Senior Research AssociateOtherSupervised by Kang YJ

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin)