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RESEARCH

Michael Lu, M.D., M.P.H.

Contact Information:

Work Phone Number:

(310) 794-7274
310-825-5297

Work Address:

10833 Le Conte Avenue
Box 951772, CHS 36-070B
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Work Email Address:

mclu@mednet.ucla.edu

Work Email Address:

mclu@ucla.edu

Website:

Home Page.
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Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Community Health Sciences

Member, General Gynecology Practice

General Obstetrics Practice

CTSI

Committee on Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health

Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP)

Gynecologic Endoscopy


A Short Biography:

Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH is an associate professor of obstetrics & gynecology and public health at UCLA. Dr. Lu received his bachelor?s degrees from Stanford University, master?s degrees from UC Berkeley, medical degree from UC San Francisco, and residency training in obstetrics & gynecology from UC Irvine. He is widely recognized for his research, teaching and clinical care. Dr. Lu received the 2003 National Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Young Professional Achievement Award and the 2004 American Public Health Association Maternal and Child Health Section Young Professional Award for his research on health disparities. He recently served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on Understanding Prematurity and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Select Panel on Preconception Care. Dr. Lu teaches obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and maternal and child health at the UCLA School of Public Health. He has received numerous awards for his teaching, including Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Lu sees patients at the faculty group practice in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA Medical Center, and has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005.

Awards and Honors:

UC Irvine Medical Center

Selected Publications:

Lu Michael C Healthcare reform and women's health: a life-course perspective.. Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology. 2010; 22(6): 487-91.
Lu Michael C, Kotelchuck Milton, Hogan Vijaya K, Johnson Kay, Reyes Carolina Innovative strategies to reduce disparities in the quality of prenatal care in underresourced settings.. Medical care research and review : MCRR. 2010; 67(5 Suppl): 198S-230S.
Lu Michael C We can do better: improving perinatal health in America.. Journal of women's health (2002). 2010; 19(3): 569-74.
Lu Michael C, Kotelchuck Milton, Hogan Vijaya, Jones Loretta, Wright Kynna, Halfon Neal Closing the Black-White gap in birth outcomes: a life-course approach.. Ethnicity & disease. 2010; 20(1 Suppl 2): S2-62-76.
Klerman Lorraine V, Jack Brian W, Coonrod Dean V, Lu Michael C, Fry-Johnson Yvonne W, Johnson Kay The clinical content of preconception care: care of psychosocial stressors.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2008; 199(6 Suppl 2): S362-6.
Coonrod Dean V, Jack Brian W, Stubblefield Phillip G, Hollier Lisa M, Boggess Kim A, Cefalo Robert, Cox Shanna N, Dunlop Anne L, Hunter Kam D, Prasad Mona R, Lu Michael C, Conry Jeanne A, Gibbs Ronald S, Hogan Vijaya K The clinical content of preconception care: infectious diseases in preconception care.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2008; 199(6 Suppl 2): S296-309.
Frey Keith A, Navarro Shannon M, Kotelchuck Milton, Lu Michael C The clinical content of preconception care: preconception care for men.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2008; 199(6 Suppl 2): S389-95.
Dunlop Anne L, Jack Brian W, Bottalico Joseph N, Lu Michael C, James Andra, Shellhaas Cynthia S, Hallstrom Lynne Haygood-Kane, Solomon Benjamin D, Feero W Gregory, Menard M Kathryn, Prasad Mona R The clinical content of preconception care: women with chronic medical conditions.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2008; 199(6 Suppl 2): S310-27.
Lu Michael C We can do better: improving women's health in America.. Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology. 2008; 20(6): 563-5.
Huang Jennifer S, Lee Tiffany A, Lu Michael C Prenatal programming of childhood overweight and obesity.. Maternal and child health journal. 2007; 11(5): 461-73.
Lu Michael C, Kotelchuck Milton, Culhane Jennifer F, Hobel Calvin J, Klerman Lorraine V, Thorp John M Preconception care between pregnancies: the content of internatal care.. Maternal and child health journal. 2006; 10(5 Suppl): S107-22.
Lu Qian, Lu Michael C, Schetter Christine Dunkel Learning from success and failure in psychosocial intervention: an evaluation of low birth weight prevention trials.. Journal of health psychology. 2005; 10(2): 185-95.
Lu Michael C, Chen Belinda Racial and ethnic disparities in preterm birth: the role of stressful life events.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2004; 191(3): 691-9.
Lu Michael C, Halfon Neal Racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes: a life-course perspective.. Maternal and child health journal. 2003; 7(1): 13-30.
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