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Dr Jennifer Li

MBBS(Hons) BE(biomed)/BMedSci(Medal), PhD, FISN, FASN, FRACP

Email

jennifer.li1@sydney.edu.au

Websites

Specialist Renal Services

GitHub Repository

WIMR

Biographical details

Dr Jen Li's roles include:

Research interests

Transplantation - transplant immunology, cell therapies and genomics

Nephrology - acute kidney injury, amyloidosis and monoclonal gammopathies of renal significance

Teaching and supervision

Clinical

Renal advanced trainees
Basic physician trainees and medical students

Academic

PhD students - 1 current and 2 to start 2025
Honours students - 2 completed studies

Current projects

Precision Kidney Projects - investigator led

Spatial transcriptomics in kidney transplantation
Polygenic risk scores predictive of late graft loss

Australian Chronic Allograft Dysfunction Study

Genomics medicine in kidney transplantation

Genomic predictors in Multi-ethnic populations with kidney disease

Western Sydney kidney biopsy study

Cellular Therapies - investigator led

Improving outcomes in kidney transplantation with advanced cellular therapies

Dendritic cell pathophysiology and cellular therapy in acute kidney injury

Associations

Fellowships

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Fellow of the International Society of Nephrology

Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology

NSW Health

NSW Health SDPR - Solid Organ Transplant Working Group Co-chair (2024 - )

WSLHD

Westmead Hospital Scientific Advisory Committee (2023 - )

Westmead Amyloidosis Clinic (2021 - 2022)

WIMR

WIMR Treg and DC Symposium Organising Committee (2022)

Sub-investigator (Westmead) for the STAGED-PKD trial (NCT03523728, 2019 - 2021)

Australia and New Zealand Polycystic Kidney Symposium steering committee (2019)

The Transplant Society (TTS)

TTS Congress - Post-graduate Course Convenor (2024)

TTS Early Career Members Committee (2021 - 2024)

Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)

TSANZ Post-Graduate Course Convenor (2023)

TSANZ Early Career Researcher Comittee (2020 - 2023)

Editorial roles and responsibilities

Associated Editor, Transplantation Journal (2023 - 2024)

Transplantation Journal Editorial Fellow (2021 - 2023)

Awards and honours

Grants

Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship (2024)

National Health and Medical Research Council - Ideas Grant (2024 - 2026)

MRFF Genomics Mission Health Futures Grant (2023 - 2027)

Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant (2023)

Westmead Charitable Trust Clinician Development Grant (2023)

FMH Clinical Title Holder Travel Grant (2023)

Scholarships

National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (2019-2021)

Westmead Association BJ Amos Travelling Scholarship (2019)

Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (2019)

University of Sydney Edward Trenchard Miller Memorial Scholarship (2003-2007)

University of Sydney Continuing Undergraduate Scholarship (2005-2007)

University of New South Wales Research Summer Scholarship (2005)

Other prizes/awards

Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand Travel Award (2022)

Australia New Zealand Society of Nephrology Young Investigator Award (2022)

The Transplant Society Travel Scientific Award (2022)

Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand Early Career Research Award (2021)

NSW Has (Scientific) Talent - Finalist (2020)

Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand President’s Prize (2019)

Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand Early Career Research Award (2019)

University of Sydney Medal for Academic Excellence (2007)

University of Sydney Mechanical Engineering Minor Prize (2007)

University of Sydney Dean’s list for Academic Excellence (2003-2007)

University of Sydney Talented Students Program (2003-2007)

University of Sydney Mechanical Engineering Association Intermediate Prize (2004)

University of Sydney Hugh Griffin McKinney Prize for Intermediate Courses (2004)

NSW HSC Premier's Award for All-Round Excellence (2002)

Themes

Infection and Immunological Conditions

Keywords

Cells and cell physiology, Genetic processes, Infection and immunity, Nephrology, Transplantation

Approaches

Animal Models, Cellular/Molecular, Education

Clinical speciality

Nephrology

Publications

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Book Chapters

Li, J., Rogers, N., Hawthorne, W. (2021). Ischemia-reperfusion injury. In Giuseppe Orlando and Shaf Keshavjee (Eds.), Organ Repair and Regeneration, (pp. 1-42). United Kingdom: Elsevier Inc. [More Information]

Journals

Tsihlis, G., Pirabhahar, K., Sciberras, F., Nicdao, M., Aw, L., Agoo, A., Lee, V., Li, J., Kairaitis, L., Sud, K., et al (2024). Pericatheter Leak Associated With Earlier Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation Does Not Influence Long-Term Outcomes. Kidney International Reports, 9(9), 2727-2738. [More Information]
Ghimire, K., Kale, A., Li, J., Julovi, S., O'Connell, P., Grey, S., Hawthorne, W., Gunton, J., Rogers, N. (2023). A metabolic role for CD47 in pancreatic β cell insulin secretion and islet transplant outcomes. Science Translational Medicine, 15(717). [More Information]
Keung, K., Li, J. (2023). Fixed but Feasible: New Opportunities for Molecular Diagnostics in Transplantation. Transplantation, 107(5), 1023-1024. [More Information]
Li, J., Raghubar, A., Matigian, N., Ng, M., Rogers, N., Mallett, A. (2023). The Utility of Spatial Transcriptomics for Solid Organ Transplantation. Transplantation, 107(7), 1463-1471. [More Information]
Li, J., O'Connell, P. (2022). The Fragility Index: The P-Value by Another Name? Transplantation, 106(2), 239-240. [More Information]
Li, J., Thomson, A., Rogers, N. (2021). Myeloid and mesenchymal stem cell therapies for solid organ transplant tolerance. Transplantation, 105(12), E303-E321. [More Information]
Ghimire, K., Li, Y., Chiba, T., Julovi, S., Li, J., Ross, M., Straub, A., O'Connell, P., Rüegg, C., Pagano, P., Rogers, N., et al (2020). CD47 Promotes Age-Associated Deterioration in Angiogenesis, Blood Flow and Glucose Homeostasis. Cells, 9(7), 1-21. [More Information]
Feng, Z., Li, J., Yao, S., Yu, Q., Zhou, W., Mao, X., Li, H., Kang, W., Ouyang, X., Mei, J., et al (2020). Clinical factors associated with progression and prolonged viral shedding in COVID-19 patients: A multicenter study. Aging and Disease, 11(5), 1069-1081. [More Information]
Feng, Z., Yu, Q., Yao, S., Luo, L., Zhou, W., Mao, X., Li, J., Duan, J., Yan, Z., Yang, M., et al (2020). Early prediction of disease progression in COVID-19 pneumonia patients with chest CT and clinical characteristics. Nature Communications, 11(1), 4968. [More Information]
Ryan, J., Tieu, J., Bose, B., Francis, R., Gingold, M., Goh, L., Gary, J., Hill, C., Hissaria, P., Jahan, S., Li, J., Swaminathan, S., et al (2020). Formation of the Australian and New Zealand Vasculitis Society(ANZVASC) to improve the care of patients with vasculitis in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 50, 781-783. [More Information]
Li, J., Rogers, N. (2020). Keeping the Kidney: Assessing Donor Organ Viability by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Transplantation, 104(9), 1767-1768. [More Information]
Runolfsdottir, H., Palsson, R., Agustsdottir, I., Indridason, O., Li, J., Dao, M., Knebelmann, B., Milliner, D., Edvardsson, V. (2020). Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency. Transplantation, 104(10), 2120-2128. [More Information]
El-Rashid, M., Nguyen-Ngo, D., Minhas, N., Meijles, D., Li, J., Ghimire, K., Julovi, S., Rogers, N. (2020). Repurposing of metformin and colchicine reveals differential modulation of acute and chronic kidney injury. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 21968. [More Information]
Li, J., Shingde, M., Nankivell, B., Tchan, M., Bose, B., Chapman, J., Kable, K., Kim, S., Vucak-Dzumhur, M., Wong, G., Rangan, G. (2019). Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency: A Potentially Reversible Cause of CKD. Kidney International Reports, 4(8), 1161-1170. [More Information]
Li, J., Wong, G., Li, J., Gruenewald, S., Chapman, J. (2019). Positional ischaemia of transplant kidney: A rare cause of early graft dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 47(5), 308-311. [More Information]
Li, J., Umakanathan, M., P’ng, C., Varikatt, W., Kwok, F., Lin, M., Vucak-Dzumhur, M. (2018). Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis Associated With Nodal and Renal Infiltration by T-Cell Lymphoma of T-Follicular Helper Phenotype: A Case Report. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 72(4), 606-611. [More Information]

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By Year

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2024

Tsihlis, G., Pirabhahar, K., Sciberras, F., Nicdao, M., Aw, L., Agoo, A., Lee, V., Li, J., Kairaitis, L., Sud, K., et al (2024). Pericatheter Leak Associated With Earlier Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation Does Not Influence Long-Term Outcomes. Kidney International Reports, 9(9), 2727-2738. [More Information]

2023

Ghimire, K., Kale, A., Li, J., Julovi, S., O'Connell, P., Grey, S., Hawthorne, W., Gunton, J., Rogers, N. (2023). A metabolic role for CD47 in pancreatic β cell insulin secretion and islet transplant outcomes. Science Translational Medicine, 15(717). [More Information]
Keung, K., Li, J. (2023). Fixed but Feasible: New Opportunities for Molecular Diagnostics in Transplantation. Transplantation, 107(5), 1023-1024. [More Information]
Li, J., Raghubar, A., Matigian, N., Ng, M., Rogers, N., Mallett, A. (2023). The Utility of Spatial Transcriptomics for Solid Organ Transplantation. Transplantation, 107(7), 1463-1471. [More Information]

2022

Li, J., O'Connell, P. (2022). The Fragility Index: The P-Value by Another Name? Transplantation, 106(2), 239-240. [More Information]

2021

Li, J., Rogers, N., Hawthorne, W. (2021). Ischemia-reperfusion injury. In Giuseppe Orlando and Shaf Keshavjee (Eds.), Organ Repair and Regeneration, (pp. 1-42). United Kingdom: Elsevier Inc. [More Information]
Li, J., Thomson, A., Rogers, N. (2021). Myeloid and mesenchymal stem cell therapies for solid organ transplant tolerance. Transplantation, 105(12), E303-E321. [More Information]

2020

Ghimire, K., Li, Y., Chiba, T., Julovi, S., Li, J., Ross, M., Straub, A., O'Connell, P., Rüegg, C., Pagano, P., Rogers, N., et al (2020). CD47 Promotes Age-Associated Deterioration in Angiogenesis, Blood Flow and Glucose Homeostasis. Cells, 9(7), 1-21. [More Information]
Feng, Z., Li, J., Yao, S., Yu, Q., Zhou, W., Mao, X., Li, H., Kang, W., Ouyang, X., Mei, J., et al (2020). Clinical factors associated with progression and prolonged viral shedding in COVID-19 patients: A multicenter study. Aging and Disease, 11(5), 1069-1081. [More Information]
Feng, Z., Yu, Q., Yao, S., Luo, L., Zhou, W., Mao, X., Li, J., Duan, J., Yan, Z., Yang, M., et al (2020). Early prediction of disease progression in COVID-19 pneumonia patients with chest CT and clinical characteristics. Nature Communications, 11(1), 4968. [More Information]
Ryan, J., Tieu, J., Bose, B., Francis, R., Gingold, M., Goh, L., Gary, J., Hill, C., Hissaria, P., Jahan, S., Li, J., Swaminathan, S., et al (2020). Formation of the Australian and New Zealand Vasculitis Society(ANZVASC) to improve the care of patients with vasculitis in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 50, 781-783. [More Information]
Li, J., Rogers, N. (2020). Keeping the Kidney: Assessing Donor Organ Viability by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Transplantation, 104(9), 1767-1768. [More Information]
Runolfsdottir, H., Palsson, R., Agustsdottir, I., Indridason, O., Li, J., Dao, M., Knebelmann, B., Milliner, D., Edvardsson, V. (2020). Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency. Transplantation, 104(10), 2120-2128. [More Information]
El-Rashid, M., Nguyen-Ngo, D., Minhas, N., Meijles, D., Li, J., Ghimire, K., Julovi, S., Rogers, N. (2020). Repurposing of metformin and colchicine reveals differential modulation of acute and chronic kidney injury. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 21968. [More Information]

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2019

Li, J., Shingde, M., Nankivell, B., Tchan, M., Bose, B., Chapman, J., Kable, K., Kim, S., Vucak-Dzumhur, M., Wong, G., Rangan, G. (2019). Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency: A Potentially Reversible Cause of CKD. Kidney International Reports, 4(8), 1161-1170. [More Information]
Li, J., Wong, G., Li, J., Gruenewald, S., Chapman, J. (2019). Positional ischaemia of transplant kidney: A rare cause of early graft dysfunction. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 47(5), 308-311. [More Information]

2018

Li, J., Umakanathan, M., P’ng, C., Varikatt, W., Kwok, F., Lin, M., Vucak-Dzumhur, M. (2018). Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis Associated With Nodal and Renal Infiltration by T-Cell Lymphoma of T-Follicular Helper Phenotype: A Case Report. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 72(4), 606-611. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2024

Precision medicine advancing renal transplantation, Li J, Royal Australasian College of Physicians/Jacquot Research Establishment Award

2023

Precision medicine advancing renal transplantation, Li J, O'Connell P, Nankivell (Nankievell) B, Shingde M, Sharma A, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Ideas Grant
Donor and recipient polygenic risk scores predictive of late graft loss, O'Connell P, Lim W, Li J, Wyburn K, Alexander S, Grey S, Wong G, Patrick E, Rogers N, Chadban S, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/Genomics Health Futures Mission - 2022 MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission

2022

FMH Clinical Title Holder Research Travel Funding Allowance 2023, Li J, Faculty of Medicine and Health/FMH Clinical Title Holder Research Travel Funding Allowance 2023