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Qi-Jing Li

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology
Integrative Immunobiology
Box 3010 DUMC, 303 Jones Building, Durham, NC 27710
303 Jones Building, 207 Resear, Box 3010 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Molecular Immunology
T cell Biology
Tumor Immunology
Immunogenomics
Cancer Immunotherapy

Selected Grants


Targeting UHRF1 in combinational immunotherapy

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Reviving cancer immune surveillance with CD4 T cell help

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Clinical Neuroimmunology of Vaccines in Brain Tumors

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

CCL3 as a Developmental Therapeutic to Enhance Brain Tumor Therapy

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

Improving CAR T cell immunotherapy for heterogeneous brain tumors

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Florida · 2019 - 2021

Area A: Development of genetically tractable, driver gene-syngeneic brain tumor models for pre-clinical adoptive TCR-T therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Development of a Therapeutic for Brain Tumor Immunotherapy

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Study of Subglutinol A as a Potential Immunomodulatory Agent

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

A clinically-relevant anti-CD27 agonist antibody as a vaccine adjuvant for brain tumor immunotherapy

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Regulatory mechanisms of miR-19b, a novel mediator of T cell autoimmunity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2017

microRNA regulates graft-versus-host diseases

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical University of South Carolina · 2015 - 2017