Zhengchun Lu, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Director, Health Equity and Community Outreach Program
  • Director, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2002, Jiangsu University
    • MSc, 2005, Leiden University
    • Ph.D., 2012, University of Kentucky

  • Residency

    • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Oregon Health & Science University, 2021-2025

  • Fellowship

    • Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, OHSU Knight Diagnostic Laboratories, 2025-2026
    • Postdoctoral Scholar, Cornell University, 2013-2017

  • Certifications

    • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (American Board of Pathology), 2025

Areas of interest

  • Pathologist-led community outreach, with a focus on expanding access to cervical cancer screening through HPV self-collection
  • Molecular diagnostics and clinical microbiology
  • Artificial intelligence and emerging diagnostic technologies

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Lu Z., Ali R., Gall R., Velazquez-Miranda E., Tang C., Riveros Angel M., Kung V.L., Fan G. Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Self-collection for Cervical Cancer Screening in Community Outreach Programs. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Accepted October 3, 2025. (In press)
  • Lu Z., Knapp M., Downs S., Ali R., Morgan T.K., Ruff H.M., Qin X., Fan G. Retrospective Analysis of Human Papillomavirus Genotyping and Cytology (Pap Smears) in Cervical Cancer Screening: An Institutional Experience in the State of Oregon, USA. Diagnostics. 2025; 15(4):419. DOI:10.3390/diagnostics15040419
  • Gedallovich J., Mohty RM., Kasimova K., Lu Z., Charu V., Higgins JP., Kambham N., Kung VL., Troxell ML. Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis with Cutaneous Vasculitis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2024; 19(10):1323. DOI: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000503.
  • Lu Z., Morita M., Yeager T.S., Lyu Y., Wang S.Y., Wang Z., Fan G. Validation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Flow Cytometry Analysis for Immunological Disorders. Diagnostics. 2024; 14(4):420. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14040420.
  • Lu Z., Brunton AE., Mohebnasab M., Deloney A., Williamson KJ., Layton BA., Mansell S., Brawley-Chesworth A., Abrams P., Wilcox KA., Franklin FA., McWeeney SK., Streblow DN., Fan G., Hansel DE. Community-based SARS-CoV-2 testing using saliva or nasopharyngeal swabs to compare efficacy of weekly COVID-19 screening to wastewater SARS-CoV-2 signals. ACS ES&T Water. 2022; DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00177.
  • Bates TA., Leier HC., Lyski ZL., McBride SK., Coulter FJ., Weinstein JB., Goodman JR., Lu Z., Siegel SAR., Sullivan P., Strnad M., Brunton AE., Lee DX., Adey AC., Bimber BN., O’Roak BJ., Curlin ME., Messer WM., Tafesse FG. Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants by convalescent and BNT162b2 vaccinated serum. Nature Communications. 2021 Aug 26;12(1):5135. 
  • Lu Z., Ledgerwood ED., Hinchman MM., Dick R., Parker JSL. Conserved surface residues of the feline calicivirus (FCV) capsid are essential for interaction with its receptor feline junctional adhesion molecule A (fJAM-A). Journal of Virology. 2018 Mar 28;92(8):e00035-18

Publications