Chao-Qiang Lai, member of UMass Lowell Center for Population Health

Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D.

Molecular Biologist/Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Nutrition and Genomics Lab, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

Phone
617-556-3206
Fax
617-556-3299
Office
711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111

Expertise

Molecular biology, nutrition, aging, population genetics, biostatistics

Research Interests

Nutrition, genetics, and healthy aging; epigenomics, gene by diet interaction, risk prediction and prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

Education

Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Biosketch

Lai’s research interest focuses on understanding of the disparity in age-related chronic diseases between individuals and populations in relation to genetic and dietary differences in human populations, with the ultimate goal of personalized and successful dietary recommendation to prevent such disease and achieve heathier aging. His current research is to identify dietary intake and lifestyle that contribute to age-related diseases risk and difference between populations, particularly cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes, and to foresee individual’s risk of such disease for optimal strategies for effective prevention.