Li Gao, MD, PhD
Highlights
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleJohns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Li Gao
Professional Titles
- Genetic Research Projects Director
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Li Gao, M.D., Ph.D. is currently Associate Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She joined the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of the Department of Medicine in 2005 after completing the NIH-supported T32 postdoctoral fellowship training at Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), and the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). In addition she is an Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Allergy, Clinical and Molecular Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, BMC Medical Genetics, PLOS ONE and Genetics in Medicine. She is the recipient of the 2006 Interest Section Award of AAAAI; 2007 Award of the NIH Fifth Symposium on the Functional Genomics of Critical Illness and Injury; and 2010 Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Centers and Institutes
Asthma and Allergy Center
Contact for Research Inquiries
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Room 3B.65B
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: (410) 550-2021
Fax: (410) 550-2130
Research Interests
Functional genomics, epigenetics and molecular genetics of complex human allergic and cardiopulmonary diseases, with a focus on translational studies applying fundamental genetic insight into the clinical setting.
Lab Website
Li Gao Lab
- The Li Gao Lab researches functional genomics, molecular genetics and epigenetics of complex cardiopulmonary and allergic diseases, with a focus on translational research applying fundamental genetic insight into the clinical setting. Current research includes implementation of high-throughput technologies in the fields of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), massively parallel sequencing, gene expression analysis, epigenetic mapping and integrative genomics in ongoing research of complex lung diseases and allergic diseases including asthma, atopic dermatitis (AD), pulmonary arterial hypertension, COPD, sepsis and acute lung injury/ARDS; and epigenetic contributions to pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis.
Research Summary
Research Focus
- Allergy & lung immunology
- Implementation of high-throughput technologies in the fields of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), massively parallel sequencing (WES & WGS), RNA expression profiling, epigenetic mapping and multi-omics in ongoing research of complex lung diseases including asthma, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as well as allergic skin diseases.
- Lung vascular and cell biology
- Biomarker studies and predictive modeling of disease outcomes in large patient cohorts
Honors
- Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, 1/1/10
- Award of the NIH Fifth Symposium on the Functional Genomics of Critical Illness and Injury, NIH, 1/1/07
- Interest Section Award, AAAAI, 1/1/06
Memberships
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)
- American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG
- American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Professional Activities
- Allergy, Ad Hoc Reviewer
- BMC Medical Genetics, Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Clinical and Molecular Allergy, Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Critical Care Medicine, Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Genetics in Medicine, Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ad Hoc Reviewer
Additional Training
Postdoctoral fellow (NIH T32 institutional training grant), Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (2005)