Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Dr. Wei Li is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine. He received the Ph.D. degree in molecular genetics from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2007. After postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Li joined Penn State College of Medicine faculty as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 2015, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2021. Dr. Li’s research interest is studying intercellular interactions during tissue homeostasis and determining how de-regulated interactions among cells promote cell transformation and tumor progression. The research in his laboratory integrates molecular, cellular and biochemical approaches in combination with mouse tumorigenesis models. Currently, Dr. Li’s laboratory focuses on elucidating the regulation and function of the Hippo tumor suppressor pathway in brain tumors, and the role of tumor-associated myeloid cells in the glioblastoma microenvironment. The goal of Dr. Li’s research is to find molecular targets and biomarkers for cancer therapy.
