Yong Li is an Associate Professor within the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas, School of Medicine at Houston. He is also appointed as an Associate Professor in the Center Stem Cell for Regenerative Medicine at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), UT Health. He accomplished his MD and PhD training in China, and was a general surgeon before he went to London of UK in 1997. His first research career as a Post-Doctor fellow trained in Imperial College School of Medicine in UK (1998-1999), and later as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He was promoted to a research Assistant Professor in 2002, Assistant Professor in 2004 (within tenure track system in 2006), and lead his research team approach success in the field of stem cell, anti-fibrosis in regeneration medicine. These projects also include the enlargement and application of adult stem cells (muscle and skin) to repair traumatic injury (muscle, tendon, spinal cord and brain) and congenital diseases. As in 2011, he has published over 66 refereed journal articles and review papers, and five book chapters. He has won twenty more international awards for his scientific advances, including most recently, he has won the Michael Miller Young Investigator Award at Children’s Hospital of UPMC Yong Li is an Associate Professor within the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas, School of Medicine at Houston. He is also appointed as an Associate Professor in the Center Stem Cell for Regenerative Medicine at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), UT Health. He accomplished his MD and PhD training in China, and was a general surgeon before he went to London of UK in 1997. His first research career as a Post-Doctor fellow trained in Imperial College School of Medicine in UK (1998-1999), and later as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He was promoted to a research Assistant Professor in 2002, Assistant Professor in 2004 (within tenure track system in 2006), and lead his research team approach success in the field of stem cell, anti-fibrosis in regeneration medicine. These projects also include the enlargement and application of adult stem cells (muscle and skin) to repair traumatic injury (muscle, tendon, spinal cord and brain) and congenital diseases. As in 2011, he has published over 66 refereed journal articles and review papers, and five book chapters. He has won twenty more international awards for his scientific advances, including most recently, he has won the Michael Miller Young Investigator Award at Children’s Hospital of UPMC

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