Dean Y. Li, MD, PhD

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Oncological Sciences

Dean Li, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Departments of Medicine and Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah and a member of the Cell Response and Regulation Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Li researches angiogenesis, a normal process of growing new blood vessels to feed and nurture cells. By stopping angiogenesis within tumors, their growth could possibly be stopped.

Li received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and an MD and PhD from Washington University in St. Louis.