Zhuqing “Charlie” Li, PhD

Dr. Zhuqing "Charlie" Li (Ph.D, MBBS, MSc) is the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Reseach Trainging and Special Programs (ORTSP), Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH. ORTSP primarily manages and coordinates NIAID Research Training and Career Development portfolios (Fs/Ks/Ts), SBIR/STTR programs, and special programs including international program outreach and funding compliance, research administrative supplements progrms including diversity supplements, PCTAS, continuity supplements, as well as G11, R25, R38/K38, LRPs, and NIAID “at-risk” investigator R01 initiatives. Dr. Li was trained as a physician scientist focusing on infectious diseases and immunity, clincial immunology, autoimmunity, T cell immune response, genomic profiling, and clinical trial reserach studies.