Assistant Professor, Dr. Wai Hong (Kevin) Lo. With a Ph. D. in Biochemistry from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Dr. Lo works within the UConn Health with appointments in the UConn Stem Cell Institute, Institute for Regenerative Engineering, the Department of Medicine, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Institute of Materials Science, and the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (CICATS).
Dr. Lo has engaged in several varying research projects. He studied musculoskeletal regenerative engineering, to tackle the current medical challenge of treating skeletal diseases and injury. He has also worked to target nanoscale drug delivery for bone diseases, and researched the intracellular drug and gene delivery systems utilizing cytoplasmic dynein molecular motor protein.