Dr. Lung-Chih Li graduated from Chang-Gung University, Taiwan with an MD degree in 2001. He later underwent his residency in the Department of Internal Medicine and fellowship training in the Nephrology Department at Kaohsiung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) from 2001 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, Dr Li worked as an attending nephrologist at Kaohsiung CGMH. In 2009, Dr Li went to the United Kingdom and received his PhD degree in Medical Science from University College London (UCL), London, UK in 2013. His research focuses on discovering the crosstalk of lipid homeostasis and inflammation in metabolic disorders. His research interests also include clinical research in cardiovascular diseases in chronic kidney disease and immunosuppressants in liver and kidney transplantation.