2020 - present: Associate Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT
2014 – 2019: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2014 – 2019: Associate Director, Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Educational background
2009 – 2013 Postdoctoral fellow, Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, GA
2007 – 2009 Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
2001 – 2006 M.Sc., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1994 – 1998 B.A., Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Current Research Support
R01 AI149746 (Li)
NIH/NIAID
ImmunoMetabolomics of Zoster vaccines
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding period: 12/01/2019 – 11/30/2024
UM1 HG012651 (Robson)
NIH/NHGRI
JAX MorPhiC Data Production Center
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding period: 08/2022 - 05/2027
R01 HD107793 (Weinberg)
NIH
Relationship between maternal and fetal immune responses
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding period: 09/2022 - 08/2025
R21 AI155257A (Weinberg)
NIH/ NIAID
DYNAMICS OF M. TUBERCULOSIS-SPECIFIC INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM IN WOMEN WITH HIV
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding period: 08/2022 - 07/2024
P30 AG067988 (Kuchel)
NIH/NIA
Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding period: 08/2021 - 06/2026
JAX-DIF-2022-Oh-Acidosis (Oh)
The Jackson Laboratory
Microbial modulation of aging-associated kidney acidosis
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding period: 02/2023 - 08/2024
Completed Research Support
U01 CA235493 (Li/Xia/Siuzdak)
NIH/NCI
Mummichog 3, aligning mass spectrometry data to biological networks
Role: Lead Principal Investigator
Funding period: 09/06/2018 - 08/31/2023 NCE
U2C ES030163 (Jones/Li/Miller/Morgan)
NIH/NIEHS
Mega-scale Identification tools for xenobiotic metabolism
Role: co- Principal Investigator
Funding period: 09/01/2018 - 08/30/2022
U19 AI090023-07 (Pulendran)
NIH/NIAID
HIPC: System Biological Analyses of Innate and Adaptive Responses to Vaccination
Role: Co- Investigator
Funding period: 07/01/2016 – 6/30/2023
R01 GM124061 (Kang, Yu)
NIGMS
Bayesian Network Biomarker Selection in Metabolomics Data
Role: Co- Investigator
Funding period: 09/01/2017 – 08/31/2021
UH2 AI132345
NIH/NIAID
Direct Cost: Multiscale, multifactorial immune networks as a web service
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Period: 06/24/2017 – 05/31/2019
P50 ES026071
NIH/NIESH
Center for Children’s Health, the Environment, the Microbiome, and Metabolomics (C-CHEM2)
Role: Co-Investigator, co-lead of Project 3
Funding Period: 09/30/2015 – 06/30/2019
83615301
EPA
Center for Children’s Health, the Environment, the Microbiome, and Metabolomics
Role: Co-Investigator, co-lead of Project 3
Funding Period: 09/01/2015 – 08/31/2019
P30 ES019776
NIH/NIEHS
HERCULES: Health and Exposome Research Center at Emory
Role: co-Director the IHSFC Core (relinquished due to institutional change)
Funding Period: 05/21/2017-03/31/2022
U2C ES026560
NIH/NIEHS
National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Period: 09/30/2015 – 08/31/2019
HHSN272201300018I
NIH/NIAID
Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEU), Task Order Request-TASK AREA A. D
Role: Co-Investigator (relinquished due to institutional change)
Funding Period: 09/16/2015 – 09/15/2023
R01 DK107900
NIH/NIDDK
Mechanism, Modification, and Intervention in a Pre-Clinical Model of Galactosemia
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Period: 12/01/2015 – 11/30/2019
R01 AI121252
NIH/NIAID
Understanding the Survival of Human Bone Marrow Long-lived Plasma Cells
Role: Co-Investigator (relinquished due to institutional change)
Funding Period: 01/01/2016 – 12/31/2020
UFDSP00011230
NIH/University of Florida Sub
Bacterial surface layer-specific immune protection against gut microbial infection
Role: Co- Investigator
Funding Period: 04/01/16 – 3/31/2020
HHSN272201200031C
NIH/NIAID
Systems Biology of Malaria as a Model for Host-Pathogen Interactions
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Period: 09/30/2012 – 09/29/2017
UG3OD023318
NIH
The Impact of the Intrauterine and Early Childhood Environments on Neurocognitive
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Funding Period: 09/21/16 – 08/31/2017
21UB-8002
California Breast Cancer Research Program
Chemical Safety During Breast Cancer Susceptible Windows
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Period: 03/01/2015-02/28/2018
R21HD089056
NIH/CHOA Sub
Anti-LPS antibody for Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Role on Project: Key Personnel
Funding Period: 09/01/2016 – 8/31/2018
W911NF-16-C-0008
DOD/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Immune Resilience in host-pathogen interactions
Role: Co - Investigator
Funding Period: 03/09/2016-03/08/2019
Grant reviews (National and International)
Israel Science Foundation, 2015
Ad hoc Reviewer, NIH study section ZES1 LAT-D (R1), 2020
Ad hoc Reviewer, NIH study section ZDK1 GRB-T (M2), 2021
Ad hoc Reviewer, NIH study section ZDK1 GRB-7 (O4), 2022
Ad hoc Reviewer, NIDDK study section P30 DDRCC, 2022
European Research Council (ERC-2023-STG), 2023
Ad hoc Reviewer, NIDDK study section P30 DDRCC, 2023
Ad hoc Reviewer, NIAID study section ZAI1 LG-M (J1), 2023
Manuscript reviews (partial list)
Aging,
American Journal of Medical Sciences,
Analytica Chimica Acta,
Analytical Chemistry,
Bioinformatics,
BMC Genomics,
BMC Bioinformatics,
Cell Reports,
Cell Reports Medicine,
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine,
Current Metabolomics,
Current Opinions in Biotechnology,
Current Pharmacology Reports,
Genome Medicine,
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science,
Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,