Li Li-ren

Biography

Dr. Li-ren Li is associate professor and deputy director of colorectal department of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. Dr. Li obtained his Bachelor in Medicine (equivalent to MD in the US) and PhD at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, P. R. China in 1998 and 2005, respectively. He received surgical training at Queen Elizabeth Hospital of University of Adelaide, Australia from 2003 to 2004, learning laparoscopic colorectal resection. He was appointed as associate professor in 2007 and deputy director of colorectal department in 2009. He worked as a visiting scientist at Harvard medical school Dana-Farber cancer institute and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center under the supervision of Prof. Ronald Depinho and Prof. Lynda Chin from 2010 to 2013, offering him with great opportunities to explore the fields of tumorigenesis, tumor metabolism, tumor metastasis, and drug resistance of tumor cells. He rejoined Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center at the end of 2013, and focuses on multiple disciplinary therapy model of colorectal cancer and molecular mechanism of tumor metastasis. Dr. Li has published more than 20 research papers.

Research Interest

Multiple disciplinary therapy model of colorectal cancer and molecular mechanism of tumor metastasis.