He was then appointed assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2002, followed by a promotion to Associate Professor in 2008. He left in 2009 to accept the position of Professor at Utah.[1]
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His research is on the field of metabolic regulation, including its effect of human metabolic defects. His most cited article is Kent Lai, D, S.D. Langley, R.H. Singh, P.P. Dembure, L.N. Hjelm, L.J. Elsas II "A prevalent mutation for galactosemia among black Americans" Journal of Pediatrics January 1996 Volume 128, Issue 1, Pages 89–95, which, according to Google Scholar, has received 86 citations. Another paper, Kent Lai, Cynthia P. Bolognese, Steve Swift and Patricia McGraw ("Regulation of Inositol Transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Involves Inositol-induced Changes in Permease Stability and Endocytic Degradation in the Vacuole" Journal of Biological Chemistry (1995), 270, 2525-2534, has received 70 citations. A third, K Lai, LJ Elsas "Overexpression of human UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase rescues galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase-deficient yeast" Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Volume 271, Issue 2, 10 May 2000, Pages 392–400 has 61 citations [2]
kent, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sourc. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Kent Lai news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for academics Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Kent Lai news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Kent Lai is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah 1 Biography EditLai was born in Hong Kong 1 He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Bradford and his Ph D from the University of Maryland 1 He also holds an MBA and an MHA both from Georgia State University 1 After receiving his PhD he completed a research fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine 1 He was then appointed assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2002 followed by a promotion to Associate Professor in 2008 He left in 2009 to accept the position of Professor at Utah 1 Research EditHis research is on the field of metabolic regulation including its effect of human metabolic defects His most cited article is Kent Lai D S D Langley R H Singh P P Dembure L N Hjelm L J Elsas II A prevalent mutation for galactosemia among black Americans Journal of Pediatrics January 1996 Volume 128 Issue 1 Pages 89 95 which according to Google Scholar has received 86 citations Another paper Kent Lai Cynthia P Bolognese Steve Swift and Patricia McGraw Regulation of Inositol Transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Involves Inositol induced Changes in Permease Stability and Endocytic Degradation in the Vacuole Journal of Biological Chemistry 1995 270 2525 2534 has received 70 citations A third K Lai LJ Elsas Overexpression of human UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase rescues galactose 1 phosphate uridyltransferase deficient yeast Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Volume 271 Issue 2 10 May 2000 Pages 392 400 has 61 citations 2 References Edit a b c d e f Kent Lai Ph D Google Scholar Accessed Aug 13 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kent Lai amp oldid 1078919279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
