Academic Interests
The main research interest in Dr. Gang Li's lab is to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the contribution of disease-associated, non-coding functional SNPs in aging-related diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular diseases and cancers. Dr. Li's lab has developed multiple techniques such as SNP-seq and FREP-MS to identify the causal SNPs as well as the SNP-bound regulatory proteins based on genome wide association studies (GWAS). The lab's goal is to use human genetics (GWAS) as a guide to identify new drug targets and, ultimately, to apply these findings to develop allele-specific precision drugs for aging-related human diseases as well as other diseases.
- BS, East China Normal University, 1984
- MA, East China Normal University, 1989
- PhD, Brown University, 2003
- Postdoctoral, Immunology, Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2003
- Postdoctoral, Human Genetics and Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2014
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