Weining Lu

Dr. Weining Lu is a Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Primary Mentor for Graduate/Medical Students and Fellows/Postdocs in the Nephrology Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA. Primary research interests in Dr. Lu’s laboratory focus on basic and translational research of kidney and urinary tract development, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), podocyte biology and injury, renal fibrosis, novel drug discovery and development for chronic kidney diseases (http://profiles.bu.edu/Weining.Lu). Prior to joining Boston University Medical Center in 2004, Dr. Lu served as an Instructor in Medicine and Technical Director in the genome center at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Lu received his medical degree from Zhejiang University School of Medicine and his graduate degree from Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences. He completed his residency training in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and his postdoctoral training in the Renal Division and Genetics Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.