Xudong Joshua Li MD PhD

 

Xudong Joshua Li MD PhD

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Office Location:
Cobb Hall, B039

Office Phone:
434.982.4135

Office Fax:
434. 924.1691

Email:
xl2n@virginia.edu

Mailing Address:
Cobb Hall, B039
Box 800374
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22908

 

Xudong Joshua Li, MD, PhD

Joshua Li has maintained a strong and abiding interest in research in the molecular biology of intervertebral disc and arthritis diseases at the medical level he got his M.D. and Ph.D. in China and received his postdoctoral training at the University of Virginia started in September 1999, where he received the New Investigator Recognition Award based on his research on transcription factors and osteoporosis in 2001. He was awarded a Career Development Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) in 2004, which has provided him with the opportunity to learn cutting-edge research techniques from highly respected collaborators. In addition, he has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Arthritis Foundation. In 2004, he was promoted to Assistant Professor of Research in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Virginia. His research continues to focus on intervertebral disc  and cartilage regeneration. Because of his outstanding and productive research record, he has obtained funding for his research from the North American Spine Society, the AO-International Research Foundation, the Musculoskeletal Transplantation Foundation and the CBI-FEST (Funding  Excellence in Science and Technology) Biomedical Translational Research Grant.  He was promoted to tenure- track eligible assistant professor in 2006.  He is currently well-funded by various agents including NIH, NIAMS, AO-International, Scoliosis Research Society, and MTF.

Beyond Orthopaedics

"Besides research, I also am enjoying alternative methods for
arthritis and back pain treatment, such as Tai-chi, Yoga and Falun Dafa.  I lead an exercise group, free to the public, at the Charlottesville Senior Center every Sunday 2:00 to 3:30 pm.  I have practiced Falun Dafa for 15 years." (www.falundafa.org )

 

Appointments:

Assistant Professor

Specialty:

Basic Science

Special Expertise:

Intervertebral disc regeneration

Awards:

2007 Outstanding Paper Award  ‘Spine Journal'

2007 Virginia Orthopedics Society Best Paper Award 

2006 Outstanding Paper Award ‘Spine Journal'

2005, 2007 Arthritis Foundation Travel Award

2004 Career Development Award,
Orthopaedic Research Society

2001 New Investigator Recognition Award,
Orthopaedic Research Society

Education:

Ph.D. in Bone and Mineral Research,
Xi'an Jiaotong University

M.S. in Orthopaedics, Xi'an Medical University

M.D. Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an,
Shaanxi Province, P. R. China

Research Description:

Pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration

Stem cell-based gene therapy for early disc degeneration

Annulus fibrosus tissue regeneration

Osteochondral tissue engineering

Bioreactor application in bioengineering research
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