Dr. Lu received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) in 2008. After three years of postdoctoral training at MD Anderson Cancer Center, she was promoted to Instructor. In 2016, Dr. Lu was appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York. Dr. Lu was promoted to tenured Associate Professor in 2021, with a research focus on pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. In 2022, Dr. Lu was recruited to UTEP as a tenured Professor.

• UTEP Regent's Research Excellence Program - University of Texas System (05/01/2024)
• CPRIT-UTEP Postdoctoral Career Transition Program in Cancer Research (08/31/2023)
• STARs Award - The University of Texas System (09/01/2022)
• The Basic Science Research Award - Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University (01/01/2021)
• Idea Award, Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program - Department of Defense (09/15/2020)
• R01 Award - NCI (09/01/2020)
• Research Scholar Award - American Cancer Society (08/31/2020)
• R01 Award - NIDDK-NIH (05/01/2020)
• Pilot Project Grant - Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University (01/01/2020)
• NIH High Priority R56 Award - NIH (09/01/2019)
• Finalist in Faculty Category-13th Annual Women in Medicine Research Day - Stony Brook University School of Medicine (03/08/2019)
• SUNY Central Award - Stony Brook University (01/01/2019)
• Finalist in Faculty Category-11th Annual Women in Medicine Research Day - Stony Brook University School of Medicine (03/10/2017)
• Pilot Project Grant - Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University (01/01/2017)
• Young Investigator Award - American Pancreatic Association (11/15/2015)
• Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Research Award - MD Anderson Cancer Center (09/15/2013)
• Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Research Award - MD Anderson Cancer Center (09/01/2013)
• Predoctoral Fellowship Award - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (08/20/2003)

• Ph D in Molecular Pathology, The MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School (2008)

• Treating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: The fat-trimming FGF21 approach Obesity Reviews (2024), Xiaokun LI, Zhiheng Rao, Wenhao Hu, Weiqin Lu, Yongde Luo.
• Early elevations of RAS protein level and activity are critical for the development of PDAC in the context of inflammation. Cancer letters 586 (2024), J Ma, F Gong, Eunja Kim, J X. Du , C Leung, S Qingchun, C D. Logsdon, Y Luo, X Li , Weiqin Lu.
• Targeting the FGF19-FGFR4 pathway for cholestatic, metabolic, and cancerous diseases. Journal of internal medicine (2024), X Li , Weiqin Lu, A Kharitonenkov, Y Luo.
• Oncogenic KRASG12D Reprograms Lipid Metabolism by Upregulating SLC25A1 to Drive Pancreatic Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research Cancer Research 83 22 (2023), R Zhang, X Peng, J X. Du , R Boohaker, I L. Estevao, B I. Grajeda, Marc B. Cox, Igor C. Almeida, Weiqin Lu.
• Methionine restriction sensitizes cancer cells to immunotherapy. Cancer communications (London, England) 43 11 (2023), Weiqin Lu, Y Luo.

• The Mechanisms of Pancreatic Cancer Risk Factor-Promoted PDAC Development (2024), Volume UTEP, Weiqin Lu.
• Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer (2024), Weiqin Lu.
• Revisiting Oncogenic KRAS in Pancreatic Cancer (2024), Volume UTEP, Weiqin Lu.
• Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer (2023), Weiqin Lu.
• Revisit Oncogenic KRAS in Pancreatic Cancer Development (2023), Weiqin Lu.

• UTEP Postdoctoral Fellow Training Program in Hispanic Health Disparities Research
• CPRIT:TREC: Institutional Postdoctoral Training Award
• Targeting NADPH Oxidase for Pancreatic Cancer Prevention and Therapy
• Unraveling the role of NADPH Oxidase in Inflammation-associated Pancreatic Diseases
• R01: TARGETING NADPH OXIDASE FOR PANCREATIC CANCER PREVENTION AND THERAPY
• R01: UNRAVELING THE ROLE OF NADPH OXIDASE IN INFLAMMATION-ASSOCIATED PANCREATIC DISEASES
• TARGETING NADPH OXIDASE IN INFLAMMATION-PROMOTED PANCREATIC TUMORIGENESIS