Wilbur A. Lam, MD, PhD

Biography

Wilbur A. Lam, MD, PhD, is the W. Paul Bowers Research Chair and professor of pediatrics and biomedical engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech, as well as a clinical pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He is also associate dean of innovation at Emory University School of Medicine and vice provost for entrepreneurship at Emory University.

Dr. Lam is co-director of the Pediatric Technology Center at Children’s and co-principal investigator of the NIH-funded Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies (ACME POCT), which serves as the national test verification center for the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative during the global pandemic and beyond.

Education

Dr. Lam earned his PhD in bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to obtaining his PhD, he received his MD from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology and residency in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

Titles & Roles

• Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Professor and W. Paul Bowers Research Chair, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

  Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
• Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship

  Emory University
• Associate Dean of Innovation

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Co-Director, Pediatric Technology Center

  Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Research

His laboratory's research interests involve developing microsystems and microfluidic technologies to advance our fundamental understanding of the biophysics of hematologic and oncologic processes and diseases. With an interest in patient-operated diagnostics, the Lam Lab is also dedicated to translating its technologies as novel solutions to enable and empower patients to more easily monitor their own diseases at home and in the global health and low resource settings.

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Awards

Among numerous accolades, Dr. Lam has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the National Academy of Inventors. He was named an Emerging Investigator by the journal Lab on a Chip and is recipient of an NSF Career Award, the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology’s Frank A. Oski Memorial Lectureship Award, the Lab on a Chip Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship Award and an Emerging Investigator Award by the National Institutes of Health.