Prof. Lu was a health economist in the biopharmaceutical industry for 2 decades, including nearly 17 years at Amgen, where he was a director of global health economics and policy. He is currently an assistant professor of economics  at the MVS School of Business and Economics, California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI), a position held since 2015. He co-authored with Professor Stuart Schweitzer (UCLA) on Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy: Perspectives, Problems, and Promises, 3rd edition (Oxford University Press). His research interests focus primarily on healthcare and pharmaceutical economics and policy.