Helen H. Lu

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Helen H. Lu
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields Tissue engineering
Institutions Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Thesis 45S5 bioactive glass surface zeta potential variations in electrolyte solutions with and without fibronectin  (1998)
Doctoral advisor Solomon R. Pollack
Paul Ducheyne

Helen Haiyan Lu is a Chinese American biomedical engineer and the Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson professor of biomedical engineering at the Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. [1] Her work focuses on understanding and developing therapies in complex tissue systems, especially the interface between soft tissue and bone.

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Education

Lu studied bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate and doctoral degrees. [2] [3] Her thesis focused on characterization of bioactive glasses. Lu completed postdoctoral fellowships with Cato T. Laurencin at Drexel University (1998-00) and David Kaplan at Tufts University (2001). [4] [5]

Career

Lu has been a faculty member at Columbia since 2001, where she directs the biomaterials and interface tissue engineering laboratory. She has been a full professor in biomedical engineering since 2014, and has also held appointments in the department of dental and craniofacial bioengineering. [1] Lu is a member of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society American continental council. [6]

Her work in regenerative engineering includes developing scaffolds for stem cell growth, for which she was honored by Presidential Early Career Award in 2010. [7] In 2011, Lu was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. [7]

Lu has studied biomaterials for regeneration of tendons and ligaments extensively, focusing on bioinspired approaches. In particular, her recent research has focused on rotator cuff repair, although potential applications extend to any soft tissue-bone interface repairs. [8] [9] Lu has said that integrative tissue engineering will eventually "pave the way for total limb regeneration." [10]

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  2. ↑ "TERMIS-AM Council | TERMIS". www.termis.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  3. ↑ Lu, Helen Haiyan (1998). 45S5 bioactive glass surface zeta potential variations in electrolyte solutions with and without fibronectin (PhD). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  4. ↑ "The Society For Biomaterials proudly announces its Newly Elected Officers | Society for Biomaterials (SFB)". biomaterials.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  5. ↑ "Kaplan Laboratory: Kaplan Lab". engineering.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Chapters - Americas - Council | TERMIS". www.termis.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  7. 1 2 "Lu and Zelevinsky win Presidential Early Career Awards". Columbia Magazine. 2009. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  8. ↑ "$1.125 Million to Columbia for Rotator Cuff Repair | Orthopedics This Week". ryortho.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  9. ↑ Evarts, Holly (2015-12-14). "Prof. Helen Lu Wins $1.125M Grant on New Approach to Rotator Cuff Repair". Columbia Engineering. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  10. ↑ "Prof Helen Lu wins $1.125M grant on new tissue engineering approach to rotator cuff repair". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  11. ↑ "Three BME Faculty Promoted to Full Professor". Biomedical Engineering. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  12. ↑ "Coulter Translational Research Awards (CTRA)". Wallace H. Coulter. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  13. ↑ "Bioengineering Seminar Series: Helen Lu | Fischell Department of Bioengineering". bioe.umd.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  14. ↑ "President Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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