Jun Li

orthopedics
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
United States of America

Scientist Orthopaedics
Biography

Jun Li has received his MD from Sun Yat-sen University and his PhD (Physiology) and postdoctoral training (Immunology & Rheumatology) from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is currently a faculty at the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, UAB. He focuses on developing novel therapies for Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and his major research interests include targeting M1 inflammatory macrophages in RA, regulation of macrophage plasticity by fucosylation in RA, and the bidirectional interaction between macrophages and T cells in RA. His research is funded by Arthritis Foundation. He has received multiple awards from The American Association of Immunologists (AAI). His research has also been recognized by Rheumatology Congress UK.He has served as a reviewer for Arthritis and Rheumatism, Clinical Rheumatology and other reputed journals. Jun Li has received his MD from Sun Yat-sen University and his PhD (Physiology) and postdoctoral training (Immunology & Rheumatology) from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is currently a faculty at the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, UAB. He focuses on developing novel therapies for Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and his major research interests include targeting M1 inflammatory macrophages in RA, regulation of macrophage plasticity by fucosylation in RA, and the bidirectional interaction between macrophages and T cells in RA. His research is funded by Arthritis Foundation. He has received multiple awards from The American Association of Immunologists (AAI). His research has also been recognized by Rheumatology Congress UK.He has served as a reviewer for Arthritis and Rheumatism, Clinical Rheumatology and other reputed journals.

Research Intrest

Arthritis and Rheumatism, Clinical Rheumatology