Dr. Li received his Ph.D. in Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. His research has been well funded by grants from a variety of foundations and associations such as American Heart Association, Elsa U. Pardee Foundation, American Cancer Society, etc. Dr. Li has published highly-referred manuscripts in top-tier journals such as Cell, Journal of Experimental Medicine, PNAS, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Letters, Translational Oncology, PLoS ONE, etc. His research interest lies in the inflammation and cancer biology, with focus on defining the molecular mechanisms of chemokines and their receptors in cancer progression, tumor angiogenesis, inflammation, etc.