71261-Cai, Erica

Erica Cai, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics

Phone
(317) 274-7999
Address
BRTC (L3) Room 239
PENB
IN
Indianapolis, IN

Bio

Dr. Erica Cai is an Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). She is a faculty member of the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research and the Indiana Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CDMD). Dr. Cai obtained her bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology from Taipei Medical University and her master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from National Taiwan University. She earned her Ph.D. in Medical Science from the University of Toronto under the mentorship of Dr. Minna Woo, where she was a three-time recipient of the Best Annual Trainee Award at the Banting and Best Diabetes Center. Following the postdoctoral training at the Joslin Diabetes Center from 2014 to 2020, she was promoted to Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In April 2021, Dr. Cai joined the Lilly Diabetes Center of Excellence within the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) as an Assistant Investigator and was advanced to Scientific Director in 2025 before transitioning her research footprint to IUSM.

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