Li Qiang, Ph.D.

Contact: Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

e-mail: Qiang@pku.edu.cn

Phone: 86-18028992230

Birthplace:  Henan, China

Citizenship: China

ORCID: 0000-0001-8322-1797

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic Appointments

02/2024 - Professor, Department of Pharmacology School of Basic Medical Sciences Peking University

07/2023 - 01/2024   Associate Professor with Tenure

Department of Medicine Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Columbia University

07/2022 - 01/2024 Associate Professor with Tenure Department of Pathology & Cell Biology Columbia University

07/2015 - 06/2022 Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology Columbia University

Other Affiliations

07/2015- 02/2024  Faculty member, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

07/2015- 02/2024  Faculty member, New York Obesity-Nutrition Research Center

07/2015-12/2021  Faculty member, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, CUIMC
09/2019- 02/2024  Faculty member, Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition

HONORS & AWARDS

2019  Kern Lipid Conference Early Investigator Award

2018  Peking University Health Science Center Dr. Wang Zhijun Memorial Lecture

2017  Lilly Research Award Program finalist

2014  Selected Grand Rounds speaker, Columbia University Department of Medicine

2013  NIH/NIDDK K99/R00 Career Development Award

2013  Keystone Symposia Scholarship on Adipose Tissue Biology

2007  Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Award, Boston University School of Medicine

2006  Julia Fund Award for Nutritional Science, Boston University School of Medicine

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Conferences and Events-National & International

2024/08 International Conference of Physiological Sciences, Session S6 organizer and chair:  Mechanism and translation in metabolic dysfunctions and aging (Qingdao, China)

2024/07 19th SCBA/14th CBIS International Symposium Session organizer and chair — Exploring New Horizons: Innovations at the Intersection of Basic and Translational Research in Obesity and Diabetes (Guiyang, China)

2023/06 2023 ADA 83^rd Conference Session Chair: Single-Cell RNAseq Revolution—Decipher Metabolism One Cell at a Time (San Diego, CA)

2023/06 2023 ADA 83^rd Conference Scientific Sections Planning Committee (San Diego, CA)

2023/06 CADA Annual Conference Organizing Committee (San Diego, CA)

2022/07 18th SCBA International Symposium Section Chair (Boston, MA, USA)

2022 CADA Annual Conference Organizing Committee (New Orleans, LA, USA)

2021 CADA Winter Conference Organizing Committee (Pocono Manor, PA, USA)

2020 Advisory Board, 6^th International Meeting on Bone Marrow Adiposity (BMA2020, virtual)

2020 Co-organizer, CADA Virtual Metabolism Talks (daily 03/2020-07/2020, weekly 09/2020-12/2020, 100~300 attendees)

2019 Session chair, CADA Annual Conference

2019 Presentation judge, CADA Annual Meeting

2019 Poster judge, Kern Lipid Conference: Signaling lipids in health and disease

2019 Session chair, The 3^rd Annual Conference of the Chinese Society for Metabolic Biology (~600 attendees)

2018 Session chair, Keystone conference: Bioenergetics and Metabolic Disease

2018 Poster judge, International Conference on Lipid metabolism and bioenergetics (~300 attendees)

PUBLICATIONS (*: equal contributors; ^#: co-corresponding authors)

Peer-reviewed research publications

1. Yu L, Yang YX, Gong Z, Wan Q, Du Y, Zhou Q, Xiao Y, Zahr T, Wang Z, Yu Z, Yang K, Geng J, Fried SK, Haeusler RA, Leong K, Bai L, Wu Y, Sun L, Wang P, Zhu BT, Wang L^#, Qiang L^#. FcRn-dependent IgG accumulation in adipose tissue unmasks obesity pathophysiology. Cell Metabolism. In press.

2. Zahr T*, Li T*, Bhansali D, Wan Q, Leong KW^#, Qiang L^#. Targeted delivery of a cationic dendrimer with a plaque-homing peptide for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Life Medicine. 2024, November 26.

3. Yu L, Wan Q , Liu Q, Fan Y, Zhou Q, Skowronski AA, Wang S, Shao Z, Liao CY, Ding L, Kennedy B, Zha S, Que J, LeDuc CA, Sun L, Wang L^#, Qiang L^#. IgG is an aging factor that drives adipose tissue fibrosis and metabolic decline. Cell Metabolism. 2024, Feb 12:S1550-4131(24)00015-9.

4. Zahr T*, Boda VK*, Ge J*, Yu L, Wu Z, Que J^#, Li W^#, Qiang L^#. Small molecule conjugates with selective Estrogen Receptor b agonism promote anti-aging benefits in metabolism and skin recovery. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 2024 May;14(5):2137-2152.

5. Zhou Q*, Yu L*, Cook JR, Qiang L^#, Sun L^#. Deciphering the decline of metabolic elasticity in aging and obesity. Cell Metabolism. 2023 Aug 18;S1550-4131(23)00296

6. He Y, Zhang R, Yu L, Zahr T, Li X, Qiang L. Adipocyte PPARγ acetylation exacerbates BAT whitening and worsens aging-associated metabolic dysfunction. Cells. 2023 May; 12(10): 1424.