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LMP welcomes new faculty

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Jacky Lu, PhD

Jacky Lu, PhD, M(ASCP)CM joined LMP as an assistant professor and microbiologist June 29. 

Lu received a PhD in microbiology and immunology from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in clinical and public health microbiology from the Children's Hospital Los Angeles/Keck School of Medicine of USC 

Lu was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Lu J, Flores-Vazquez J, Lee J, Posch LC, Costales C, Dien Bard J. Impact on hospital length of stay and antimicrobial usage in children diagnosed with viral meningitis by rapid multiplexed PCR assay. J Clin Virol. 2025 Oct;180:105856. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2025.105856. 

Lu J, Butler-Wu SM. Home and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-Waived Testing for Infectious Diseases-How Do These Fit in the Testing Landscape? Clin Lab Med. 2024 Mar;44(1):13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2023.10.005.

Truong TT, Lu J, Dien Bard J. Blood Cultures in Children: Maximizing Their Usefulness. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Oct 1;43(10):e354-e357. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004453.

Vince Duan, PhD

Ruizhi "Vince" Duan, PhD joined LMP as an assistant professor and geneticist July 20.

Duan earned a PhD in genetics and genomics from the Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in laboratory genetics and genomics at Washington University, St. Louis. 

He is a Member of the ClinGen Resource Splicing Working Group. ClinGEn is an NIH-funded resource dedicated to building a central resource that defines the clinical relevance of genes and variants for use in precision medicine and research. Duan is also a committee member, 2026 Annual Meeting Program Committee, Cancer Genomics Consortium.

Duan RV, Du H, Pande S, Saad AK, Atik MM, Jamsandekar M, Coveler KJ, Dardas Z, Jhangiani SN, Posey JE, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR. Widespread distribution of Alu/Alu-mediated genomic rearrangement predisposing to a broad range of Mendelian disease and cancer in human populations. Genome Med. 2026 Apr 1;18(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13073-026-01602-4. 

Duan R, Hijazi H, Gulec EY, Eker HK, Costa SR, Sahin Y, Ocak Z, Isikay S, Ozalp O, Bozdogan S, Aslan H, Elcioglu N, Bertola DR, Gezdirici A, Du H, Fatih JM, Grochowski CM, Akay G; Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics; Jhangiani SN, Karaca E, Gu S, Coban-Akdemir Z, Posey JE, Bayram Y, Sutton VR, Carvalho CMB, Pehlivan D, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR. Developmental genomics of limb malformations: Allelic series in association with gene dosage effects contribute to the clinical variability. HGG Adv. 2022 Aug 4;3(4):100132. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100132.

Derek Loneman, MD

Derek Loneman, MD joins LMP as an assistant professor and hematopathologist July 31.

Loneman earned an MD from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine. He completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he was chief resident in anatomic pathology. He completed a fellowship in hematopathology at Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School.

Tinianow AM, Kohler MJ, Loneman DM, Yinh JM. Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals of the Brachial Plexus: A Case Report. J Rheumatol. 2026 Mar 1;53(3):344-346. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2025-0529

Kreso A, Costantino CL, Loneman D, Christensen B, Hutchison B, Mattia A, Bassett I, Berkman D, Auchincloss HG, Sachdeva UM. Gastroesophageal Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host Within Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia. Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2025 Jun 5;3(4):946-949. doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2025.05.009. 

Leaf RK, Messick BH, Meador CB, Loneman D. Case 7-2025: A 65-Year-Old Woman with Weakness, Back Pain, and Pancytopenia. N Engl J Med. 2025 Feb 27;392(9):903-914. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2412515.