Li-chun Sun PhD

Dr. Lichun Sun is a Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine at Tulane University Health Sciences Center (TUHSC). He received his B.S. degree in 1987 from Xiamen University and his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from Fudan University. Dr. Sun has been serving as a TUHSC faculty member since 1999. In TUHSC, he focuses on the drug development of synthetic chemical molecules, synthetic peptides, peptide-drug conjugates, drug delivery systems, etc. Dr. Sun and his co-workers have developed many potential drug candidates that target such diseases as cancers, immune system, angiogenesis, and arthritis, with some being licensed out. He also shows his interest in the basic studies in such fields as GPCR signaling and cancer biology.