Kim D. Lu
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatric Exercise Research Center
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
M.D., Tufts University School of Medicine
M.S., University of California, Irvine, Biomedical and Translational Science
M.S., University of California, Irvine, Biomedical and Translational Science
University of California, Irvine
101 Academy Way
Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92617
101 Academy Way
Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92617
Research Interests
pediatrics, asthma, obesity, fitness, exercise, glucocorticoid receptor
Academic Distinctions
2013 Francis B. Schwetker Award for excellence in Research in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2013 UCI-Children’s Hospital of Orange County Child Health Research Award
2014 University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Faculty Research Grany
2016 NIH, Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award
2017 University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Faculty Research Grant
2017 UCI-Children’s Hospital of Orange County Child Health Research Grant
2017 Los Angeles Magazine Rising Star
2013 UCI-Children’s Hospital of Orange County Child Health Research Award
2014 University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Faculty Research Grany
2016 NIH, Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award
2017 University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Faculty Research Grant
2017 UCI-Children’s Hospital of Orange County Child Health Research Grant
2017 Los Angeles Magazine Rising Star
Research Abstract
Dr. Kim D. Lu is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist and pediatrician. Through the Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC) (www.perc.uci.edu), she studies the interaction between obesity, exercise and asthma in children through epidemiologic studies and community based clinical studies. She is also studying the role of the glucocorticoid receptor in white blood cells and its role in exercise and asthma. Dr. Lu earned her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed a pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina and a pediatric pulmonary fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Publications
Maharaj S, Lu KD, Radom-Aizik S, Zaldivar F, Haddad F, Shin HW, Leu SY, Nussbaum E, Randhawa I, Cooper DM. Inter and Intra-subject Variability of Nitric Oxide Levels in Leukocyte Subpopulations. Nitric Oxide. 2018 Jan;72:41-45.
Lu KD, Cooper DM, Haddad F, Zaldivar F, Kraft M, Radom-Aizik S. Glucocorticoid receptor expression on circulating leukocytes in healthy and asthmatic adolescents in response to exercise. Pediatr Res. 2017 Aug;82(2):261-271.
Lu KD, Haddad F, Zaldivar F, Radom-Aizik S, Kraft M, Cooper DM. Glucocorticoid Receptor Expression on Circulating Leukocytes Differs between Healthy Male and Female Adults. J Clin Transl Sci. 2017 Apr:1(2):108-114.
Lu KD, Billimek J, Bar-Yoseph R, Radom-Aizik S, Cooper DM, Anton-Culver H. Sex differences in the Relationship Between Fitness and Obesity on Risk for Asthma in Adolescents. J Pediatr, 2016 June 15.
Lu KD, Phipatanakul W, Perzanowski MS, Balcer-Whaley S, Matsui EC. Atopy but not Obesity is Associated with Asthma Severity Among Low-Income Minority Children with Persistent Asthma. J Asthma 2016 May 4:1-8.
Cooper DM, Taylor-Lucas C, Leu S, Galassetti P, Lu KD, Radom-Aizik S. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children and adolescents with higher body mass index (BMI). Pediatric Exer Sci. 2016 Feb;28(1):98-108.
Lu KD, Manoukian K, Radom-Aizik S, Cooper DM, Galant SP. Obesity, Asthma and Exercise in Child and Adolescent Health. Pediatric Exer Sci. 2015 Nov 30
Lu KD, Breysse PN, Diette GB, Curtin-Brosnan J, Aloe C, Williams DL, Peng RD, McCormack MC, Matsui EC. Overweight Increases Susceptibility to Indoor Pollutants Among Urban Children with Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Apr;131(4):1017-23, 1023.e1-3.
Lu KD, Engmann C, Moya F, Muhlbach MS. Cystic Fibrosis in Premature Infants. Journal of Perinatalogy 2011. 31:504-506.
Symington SB, Frisbie RK, Lu KD, and Clark JM. Action of cismethrin and deltamethrin on functional attributes of isolated presynaptic nerve terminals from rat brain. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 2007, 87:172-181.
Lu KD, Cooper DM, Haddad F, Zaldivar F, Kraft M, Radom-Aizik S. Glucocorticoid receptor expression on circulating leukocytes in healthy and asthmatic adolescents in response to exercise. Pediatr Res. 2017 Aug;82(2):261-271.
Lu KD, Haddad F, Zaldivar F, Radom-Aizik S, Kraft M, Cooper DM. Glucocorticoid Receptor Expression on Circulating Leukocytes Differs between Healthy Male and Female Adults. J Clin Transl Sci. 2017 Apr:1(2):108-114.
Lu KD, Billimek J, Bar-Yoseph R, Radom-Aizik S, Cooper DM, Anton-Culver H. Sex differences in the Relationship Between Fitness and Obesity on Risk for Asthma in Adolescents. J Pediatr, 2016 June 15.
Lu KD, Phipatanakul W, Perzanowski MS, Balcer-Whaley S, Matsui EC. Atopy but not Obesity is Associated with Asthma Severity Among Low-Income Minority Children with Persistent Asthma. J Asthma 2016 May 4:1-8.
Cooper DM, Taylor-Lucas C, Leu S, Galassetti P, Lu KD, Radom-Aizik S. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children and adolescents with higher body mass index (BMI). Pediatric Exer Sci. 2016 Feb;28(1):98-108.
Lu KD, Manoukian K, Radom-Aizik S, Cooper DM, Galant SP. Obesity, Asthma and Exercise in Child and Adolescent Health. Pediatric Exer Sci. 2015 Nov 30
Lu KD, Breysse PN, Diette GB, Curtin-Brosnan J, Aloe C, Williams DL, Peng RD, McCormack MC, Matsui EC. Overweight Increases Susceptibility to Indoor Pollutants Among Urban Children with Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Apr;131(4):1017-23, 1023.e1-3.
Lu KD, Engmann C, Moya F, Muhlbach MS. Cystic Fibrosis in Premature Infants. Journal of Perinatalogy 2011. 31:504-506.
Symington SB, Frisbie RK, Lu KD, and Clark JM. Action of cismethrin and deltamethrin on functional attributes of isolated presynaptic nerve terminals from rat brain. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 2007, 87:172-181.
Professional Societies
American Thoracic Society
Research Centers
Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center
Link to this profile
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Last updated
04/26/2018
04/26/2018