Li Juan Wang

Li Juan Wang is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University. She serves as Vice Chief of the Department of Pathology at Lifespan AcademicMedical Center and Medical Director of Pathology at The Miriam Hospital. Dr. Wang earned her MD from Beijing University School of Medicine and a PhD from the University of Louisville, with board certifications in anatomic and clinical pathology.

• Expertise: Surgical pathology, gastrointestinal/genitourinary/breast pathology, molecular classification in surgical pathology
• Key Collaborators: Alfred Ayala, Yingjie Guan, Gyan Pareek

Her research spans renal injury mechanisms, liver metastases immunotherapy, and molecular biomarkers in epithelial cancers. Clinical applications focus on optimizing surgical pathology through molecular diagnostics.

Scientific contributions include:

• 2016 study on Nrf2 activation in podocytopathy
• 2015 CAR T-cell therapy trial for liver metastases
• 2012 work on ACTH for kidney injury and S100A4 in renal tumors