Lu Zheng

· Professor

University of California, Irvine · Finance

Active 1993–2026

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Citations2.1k

Papers327174 last 5y

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Lu Zheng is a professor of finance at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. She joined the Merage School faculty in September 2006, after serving as an assistant professor of finance at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business from 1999 to 2006, where she was promoted to associate professor with tenure in May 2006. Her research encompasses various aspects of investments, including equity markets, mutual funds, hedge funds, investor behavior and expectations, and institutional trading. Zheng has published her work in leading academic journals such as The Journal of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Business, and The Journal of Empirical Finance. She has received recognition for her research, with two papers nominated for the Smith Breeden award for the best paper in The Journal of Finance. Zheng has presented at numerous academic seminars and conferences, including the American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, and European Finance Association meetings. She has also served as a referee for nearly 20 academic journals and has been extensively interviewed by major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, CBS, and NPR. Zheng holds a bachelor's degree from Agnes Scott College and a PhD in finance from Yale University.

Research topics

Political Science
Ecology
Industrial organization
Chromatography
Pharmacology
Pathology
Materials science
Business
Immunology
Nanotechnology

Selected publications

Passive Investing and the Rise of Mega-Firms
Review of Financial Studies · 2025-10-04 · 1 citations
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Abstract We study how passive investing affects asset prices. Flows into passive funds disproportionately raise the stock prices of the economy’s largest firms, especially those large firms in high demand by noise traders. Because of this effect, the aggregate market can rise even when flows are entirely due to investors switching from active to passive funds. Intuitively, passive flows increase the idiosyncratic risk of large firms in high demand, which discourages investors from correcting the…
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Impact of antiretroviral therapy during acute or early HIV infection on virologic and immunologic outcomes: results from a multinational clinical trial
UNC Libraries · 2025-03-14
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OBJECTIVE: To assess how antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation during acute or early HIV infection (AEHI) affects the viral reservoir and host immune responses. DESIGN: Single-arm trial of ART initiation during AEHI at 30 sites in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. METHODS: HIV DNA was measured at week 48 of ART in 5 million CD4 + T cells by sensitive qPCR assays targeting HIV gag and pol . Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated with potential HIV T cell epitope peptide pools consisti…
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Novel Criteria for Diagnosing Acute and Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Multinational Study of Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation
UNC Libraries · 2025-09-25
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BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation during acute and early human immunodeficiency virus infection (AEHI) limits HIV reservoir formation and may facilitate post-ART control but is logistically challenging. We evaluated the performance of AEHI diagnostic criteria from a prospective study of early ART initiation. METHODS: AIDS Clinical Trials Group A 5354 enrolled adults at 30 sites in the Americas, Africa, and Asia who met any 1 of 6 criteria based on combinations of results of HIV…
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Frequent coauthors

Savita Pahwa
University of Miami
24 shared
Michael M. Lederman
Case Western Reserve University
22 shared
Bing Yao
Nanjing University
22 shared
Joseph J. Eron
20 shared
Bernard Macatangay
University of Pittsburgh
18 shared
Alan Landay
18 shared
Richard B. Pollard
17 shared
John W. Mellors
University of Pittsburgh
17 shared

Awards & honors

Phi Beta Kappa National Society

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