Li Li received her MD and Master’s Degree in Immunology from the Shanghai Second Medical University, PhD from the Lübeck Medical University, and her postdoctoral studies at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans. She is a Director of Laboratory of Translational Cancer Research and an Associate Director of Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation. Dr. Li has authored more than 20 papers in peer reviewed journals and shares patent ownership. Her B cell lymphoma studies were supported by various research grants including an R01 NIH grant.

Dr. Li Li research interests include cancer stem cells and tumor microenvironment in drug resistance and disease recurrence in colon cancer, bladder cancer, and B cell lymphoma.