Dr. Qing Lu, D.V.M., Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Research Biologist at Providence VA Medical Center. Dr. Lu’s research focuses on lung endothelial biology and innate immunity in cigarette smoke-associated pulmonary diseases, particularly acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), emphysema and pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). Dr. Lu’s research is currently funded by NIH Ro1. She was also the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project 1 of the CPVB COBRE grant and the PI of several other projects funded by the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Pulmonary Hypertension Association, the American Lung Association, the Francis Family Foundation, and the Rhode Island Foundation. Dr. Lu has published 50 manuscripts/review articles/ book chapters.

Dr. Lu has served as ad hoc member of NIH study sections (RIBT and LCMI), Department of Defense PRMRP Scientific Peer Review Panels, American Heart Association Peer Review Panels, ATS Peer Review Panels, and several international funding agencies. She is an Academic Editor of journal PLOS ONE and an ad hoc reviewer for many prominent journals. She is currently a member of the Pulmonary Circulation (PC) Planning Committee of ATS and the President of Chinese-America Lung Association. Dr. Lu has served as a member of the Medical Faculty Executive Committee of Brown University in the last 3 years and the Chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the Associate Chair of the Subcommittee for Research Safety (SRS) at Providence VA Medical Center in the last 6 years. As a mentor for various training programs, Dr. Lu has mentored students ranging from undergraduates, graduate students and medical students to pulmonary fellows and post-doctoral fellows. Currently, she serves as a mentor for Dr. Hongwei Yao, a junior investigator of Phase II of the CPVB COBRE. Dr. Lu has taught several courses, including Physiology and Principle of Biology.