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Li’s work has another benefit. The information gained from DNA sequencing can also be used to predict a person’s resistance to a drug.

Li has secured more than $2.5 million from the government to support his research for the next several years. Li says he also has received help from many different levels at URI, including students, colleagues, the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the College of Pharmacy, the URI Foundation, and the RI-INBRE program. Li also collaborates with researchers from many

After joining URI’s College of Pharmacy and starting his lab in 2014, Li found himself surrounded by a community of colleagues and students who care about science, much like himself. Li and his team have received an R01 grant, awarded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) for research projects that support the organization’s mission of improving public health, as well as an R15 grant that the NIH provides for projects that train students in research.

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