Lishan Su, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
School of Medicine
Phone: (919) 966-6654
Fax: (919) 966-8212
Email: lishan_su@med.unc.edu
22-048 Lineberger Cancer Center
CB# 7295
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
Education
B.S., Shandong University, 1982
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1989
Postdoc, Stanford University, 1993
Research Interests
1. Modeling immuno-pathology and immuno-therapeutics of chronic HBV/HCV/HIV infection
2. Human hematopoietic (blood) and liver stem/cancer biology
3. Development of immuno-therapeutics to treating persistent virus infection and to cancers
Research Summary
We study development and function of the human immune system; immuno-pathogenesis and immuno-therapy of HIV-1/HCV/HBV infection in humanized mouse models and human patients. We focus on human DC, macrophages and T cells in immune modulation and their dysregulation during persistent virus infection. In addition, we investigate human blood/liver stem cell and cancer biology. We will also develop novel approaches (therapeutic antibody and vaccine) to treating persistent virus infection.
