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Liwu Li, Ph. D. Principle Investigator Dr. Li received his B.S. degree from China in 1986, a Ph.D from Univ. of Michigan in 1996, and did his post-doc training with Jack Dixon till 1999. He was an Assistant and Associate Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine from 1999 till 2005. He has served as an associate editor of the Journal of Immunology, a panel member for various NIH study sections, and a board member for the Inflammation Research Association. Dr. Li is currently a Professor at Virginia Tech, and holds joint appointment at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering.
Research Staff
	Urmila Maitra , Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin Selected publication: Maitra U, Gan L, Chang S, Li L (2011) Low dose endotoxin induces inflammation by selectively removing nuclear receptors and activating C/EBP delta. Journal of Immunology. 186: 447-4473. Maitra U, Parks J, Li L. (2009) Innate Immunity Signaling Process Suppresses Macrophage ABCA1 Expression through IRAK-1 mediated down-regulation of RAR and NFATc2 . Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(22):5989-97
	Keqiang Chen, PhD
	Shuo Geng , Ph.D. Medical College of Ohio
Graduate students/scholars
	Bianca Baker, B.S. Virginia Tech Selected publication: Molecular mechanisms responsible for the selective and low-grade induction of proinflammatory mediators in murine macrophages by lipopolysaccharide. Maitra U*, Deng H*, Glaros T*, Baker B, Capelluto D, Li Z, Li L. J Immunology. 2012. In press.
	Matt Morris, B.S. Concord Univ. Selected publication: Molecular mechanisms and pathological consequences of endotoxin tolerance and priming. Morris M, Li L. Arch Immunol Ther Exp. 2012 Feb;60(1):13-8.
	Ruoxi Yuan, B.S.
	Xiguang Xu
Alumni
Former Post-docs: Dongmei Wang, PhD. Associate Professor, USTC, China Jianmin Su, PhD. Research Assistant Professor, VTC Medical School Qifa Xie, PhD. University of Louisville Medical School Steve Fasciano, PhD. Chair of Science, Lincoln College of New England Kathleen Richter, PhD. NIEHS Former Graduate Students: Lu Gan, Ph.D, NIH Tamisha Vaughan, Ph.D, Emory School of Medicine Mike Surace, Ph.D, VCU School of Medicine Neeraj Singh, Ph.D, DVM, NIH Trevor Glaros, PhD, Research Scientist, NCI/NIH Lorna Ringwood, PhD, Post-doctoral, UC Davis YouJia Fang, MS, Virginia Tech Lin Zhang, MS, NC State Former Undergradaute students: Erin Huber, PhD student, John Hopkins School of Public Health Ka-Po Leung, Pharmacy student, VCU School of Pharmacy Phil Nguyen, Dental student, VCU School of Dentistry Andrew Becker, Medical Student, VCOM Lee Howell, Research Staff, Naval Research Center Sarah Davis, PhD student, Univ of Tennessee