Zihai Li

Zihai Li (born July 1964) is a board-certified medical oncologist, cancer immunologist, and leader in academic medicine. He was recruited to Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – The James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC) in 2019 as the founding director of the Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology. He is a professor of medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, holds the Klotz Memorial Chair for Cancer Research, and was appointed in 2023 as deputy director for translational research at OSUCCC.

Li's research interests primarily focus on the fields of chaperone biology, immune tolerance, cancer immunology and immunotherapy. He has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2000, with total funding of over $30 million. Provided by Wikipedia