Amanda Li

Investigator, Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, and Physician, BC Children's Hospital

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Research Theme

Childhood Diseases

Research Group

Childhood Cancer & Blood Research

Research Areas

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Contact

ali3@cw.bc.ca

Mailing Address

4480 Oak Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H3V4

Overview: Dr. Amanda Li graduated from Dalhousie University medical school in 2010, and completed her Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology fellowship at the University of British Columbia. Following this, she trained at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the field of Cancer Immunotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplant, with a clinical and research focus on using genetically engineered cell therapies in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.

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B.C. researchers develop new test to diagnose aggressive childhood brain tumours

A new test to diagnose medulloblastoma, the most common malignant childhood brain tumour, differentiates between cases that need radiation and those that don't.

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Research Roundup: October 21, 2021

This week's Research Roundup covers babies' learning mechanisms that help them match unfamiliar voices to unfamiliar faces, the top risk factor that could signal greater disease severity in pediatric catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, a virtual reality-based solution to reducing procedural anxiety in kids, and genetic testing for reducing diagnostic delay in monogenic inborn errors of immunity.

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Study finds new biomarker for a disease caused by bone marrow transplant

A new study led by investigators at BC Children's Hospital has discovered a metabolic marker for chronic graft versus host disease.

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Research Roundup: September 16, 2021

This week's Research Roundup covers medicinal cannabis and autism, the use of CRISPR to reduce transplant rejection, gender's role in adolescent food choices and the connection between early cytomegalovirus infection and allergies.

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The Rare Disease Discovery Hub helps physicians find answers

Clinicians treating children with rare diseases are encouraged to contact the Hub for assistance in finding causes of difficult-to-diagnose, complex conditions.

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Videos

CAR T Cell Therapy: Engineering the Immune System to Fight Pediatric Cancer

Take a closer look at the role of T cells in cancer therapy and the development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Explore the early successes and challenges in the development of CAR T cell therapy in pediatric leukemia. Presented by Dr. Amanda Li, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC; Attending Physician, BC Children's Hospital. (2019)

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