Appointments:

Guangming Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, was been appointed as Associated Editor of Frontiers in Immunology from 2026-2027

Guangming Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, was been appointed as Guest Editor of Microorganisms from 2026-2027

Matthew Trudeau, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, has been selected serve as a Member of the Biochemistry and Biophysics of Membranes Study Section (BBM), Biological Chemistry and Macromolecular Biophysics Integrated Review Group (BCMB), Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a 4-year term from 2026-2030.

Grants & Contracts:

Wei Li, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, received an NIH/NCI R25 award (AI in Cancer Genomics: Educational modules in DC-Area Universities).

Thomas Longden, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, received a five-year, $2.9 million renewal of his grant from the National Institute on Aging for "Pericytes as Metabolic Sentinels in the Control of Brain Blood Flow in Health and Aging." The award runs through June 2031.

Lishan Su, PhD, Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor, Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangming Li (MPI/Co-PI), PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. Dr. Su and Dr. Li received a 5-year, $3,087,765 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) for “Regulation and Role of pDC in Immunopathogenesis of HBV/HIV co-Infection.”

Honors:

Thomas Blanpied, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, 2026 GPILS Teacher of the Year

Publications:

Guangming Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, was second author of “Persistent IFN-I signaling inhibits mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in CD8+ T cells during HIV-1 infection under cART,” which was published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology on April 2, 2026.

Lishan Su, PhD, Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor, Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was co-corresponding author of “Persistent IFN-I signaling inhibits mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in CD8+ T cells during HIV-1 infection under cART,” which was published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology on April 2, 2026.

Lishan Su, PhD, Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor, Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Guangming Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. Dr. Su and Dr. Li were co-corresponding authors of “Depletion of plasmacytoid dendritic cells rescues HIV-reactive stem-like CD8+ T cells during chronic HIV-1 infection,” which was published in Science Translational Medicine on November 5, 2025.