Jia Luo, Ph.D.
Professor
I. Office Address:
134 Heatlh and Science Research Building
1095 Veterans Drive, Lexington, KY 40536
(859) 323.3036
II. Academic Appointments:
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology Division
Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
III. Specific Interest in Nutrition:
Alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and the medical complications of excessive drinking are major world-wide health problems. Chronic alcohol exposure affects nutrient uptake. I am interested in appropriate nutritional supplement in preventing/ameliorating damages caused by alcohol abuse.
IV. Awards:
Postdoctoral Fellow, NIMH Genetic Psychiatry
V. Education:
Bachelor of Science: China University of Oceanography
Qingdao, China
Ph.D: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Iowa
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow: Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry
VI. Research:
Alcohol exposure during development results in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and induces profound damages to the central nervous system. I am interested in elucidating cellular/molecular mechanisms underlying ethanol-induced neuronal death, impaired cell cycle kinetics and disrupted cell migration in the developing brain. Alcohol is also a tumor promoter. Epidemiological studies indicate that alcohol consumption is associated with advanced and invasive breast tumors. I am interested in elucidating cellular/molecular mechanisms underlying ethanol-induced tumor promotion, particularly the metastasis of breast cancer cells.
* For a complete list of current and past funding, advisory board positions, and publications, please e-mail Meredith Boarman at mtboar2@uky.edu.
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