Celeste Wu, PhD

Contact Info

• 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd 
  MDC30
  Tampa FL
• Academic Email: celestewu@usf.edu

Education

Awards/Honors

• Transformational Project Award (American Heart Association - 2024)
• Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award (American Heart Association - 2024)
• New Investigator Award (International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) - 2023)
• Career Development Award (American Heart Association - 2021)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (American Heart Association - 2019)
• Neurology Fellowship Award (Louisiana State University Health - 2018)
• New Investigator Award (International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) - 2016)

Memberships

• New Scholar Early Career Investigator (International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (ISCBFM), 2019 - Present)
• Member (American Heart Association, 2018 - Present)
• Member (International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL), 2018 - Present)
• Member (Society of Neuroscience, 2011 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Zhou Y, Wu CY, Lee RH Beyond muscle: Exploring NAD+ for neurovascular and cognitive preservation in older patients with peripheral artery disease The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.. 392(11) : 103723, 2025.
• Wu CY, Zhou Y, Yuan T, Tipparaju SM, Lee RH The Overlooked Organ: Rethinking Neuroprotection Through the Heart-Brain Axis JACC: Basic to Translational Science.. 10(7), 2025.
• Feng Y, Ma X, Zong X, Jordan DJ, Wu CY, Tesic V, Lee RH*, Zhang Q Clemastine enhances myelin formation in the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex and improves sociability in a neonatal rat hypoxic-ischemic model Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 185117916 : 117916, 2025.
• Wu CY, Zhang Y, Howard PG, Huang F, Lee RH ACSL3 is a promising therapeutic target for alleviating anxiety and depression in Alzheimer’s disease GeroScience. 47(2) : 2383-2397, 2024.
• Howard PG, Zou P, Zhang Y, Huang F, Tesic V, Wu CY, Lee RH Serum/Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinase 1 (SGK1) in Neurological Disorders: Pain or Gain Experimental Neurology. 382 : 114973, 2024.
• Feng Y, Huang Z, Ma X, Zong X, Tesic V, Ding B, Wu CY, Lee RH*, Zhang Q Photobiomodulation Inhibits Ischemia-Induced Brain Endothelial Senescence via Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Antioxidants. , 2024.
• The role of serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 in brain function following cerebral ischemia J Cereb Blood Flow Metab.. 44(7) : 1145-1162, 2024.