Rutgers University
People
Mengting Li
Lead investigator
Lead investigator
Ji Liu
Lead investigator
Sources: openalex.org
Trials
Phase II De-Escalation Study of Metronomic Decitabine/Cedazuridine Plus Venetoclax in AML
Phase 2, Not yet recruiting, 41 people, Oct 9, 2026
Phase 1, Not yet recruiting, 18 people, Sep 10, 2026
Phase 2, Active, not recruiting, 250 people, Sep 8, 2026
Phase 4, Not yet recruiting, 30 people, Jul 9, 2026
Developing and Implementing HPV SCREENED
Recruiting, 100 people, Jun 18, 2026
Phase 2, Not yet recruiting, 30 people, May 22, 2026
Phase 2, Recruiting, 50 people, Feb 11, 2026
Phase 4, Recruiting, 80 people, Jan 20, 2026
Phase 4, Recruiting, 100 people, Sep 5, 2025
Metabolic Health, Bones and Nuts During Weight Loss in Adults
Recruiting, 44 people, Apr 29, 2025
Phase 2, Recruiting, 28 people, Feb 12, 2025
Phase 2, Completed, 65 people, Oct 26, 2024
Phase 2, Recruiting, 40 people, Jul 24, 2024
Collaborator, Phase 4, Completed, 103 people, Feb 22, 2024
Collaborator, Phase 1, Completed, 26 people, Jan 19, 2024
Phase 3, Completed, 236 people, Nov 14, 2023
Phase 4, Terminated, 8 people, Oct 10, 2023
Phase 2, Recruiting, 80 people, Oct 10, 2023
Early phase 1, Completed, 35 people, Jul 27, 2023
Phase 2, Recruiting, 50 people, Apr 10, 2023
Sources: clinicaltrials.gov
Grants and prizes
Consortium on Intestinal Regeneration and Fetal Reversion: from Atlas to Therapy (sub-award to RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_RC2DK140862_075/M1LVPE5GLSD9, $438K, 2025, Aug 27, 2025
PCF Challenge Award, Optimization and Clinical Assessment of a Polygenic Risk Model for Targeted Screening and Strategic Earlier Detection of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: “SPEAR Test”, PCF-113957, 2020, Jan 1, 2020
AARG, Family Typology, Acculturation and Cognitive Function in Older Immigrants, AARG-20-684568, 2020, Jan 1, 2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Molecular dissection of systemic exercise signals over C. elegans lifetime, 18POST33960502, $56.1K, 2018–2019, Jul 1, 2018
Postdoctoral Fellowship, GLP-1 neural circuit in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus(PVN) regulates food intake, 16POST27710022, $98.3K, 2016–2017, Jan 1, 2016
Sources: openalex.org
Awards made
Exercise Protection of the Aging Nervous System: Defining Exercise Impact on Cell and System (sub-award to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_R21AG095865_075/FBYMGMHW4X95, $147K, 2025, Nov 25, 2025
Oregon Health & Science University
Advanced Development and Utilization of Assembled Aging Trajectory Files from Multiple Datasets (sub-award to OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_R33AG068931_075/NPSNT86JKN51, $37K, 2025, Nov 5, 2025
Multimodal assessment of social disconnection as a proximal risk for suicide ideation in late life. (sub-award to LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_R01MH133713_075/QNAVQDR2HN55, $30.1K, 2025, Apr 17, 2025
Research Foundation of The City University of New York
Resource Center for Alzheimer's and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans (sub-award to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_P30AG083257_075/S9GFNEC7QLZ7, $35.4K, 2025, Jan 31, 2025
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Systemic and dietary advanced glycation end products in type 2 diabetes-related cognitive decline an (sub-award to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_R01AG061093_075/C8H9CNG1VBD9, $9.8K, 2025, Jan 13, 2025
Research Foundation of The City University of New York
Resource Center for Alzheimer's and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans (sub-award to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_P30AG083257_075/DD5KCJHVVCV7, $21K, 2025, Jan 9, 2025
Sources: openalex.org
Funded papers
Physical Activity and Risk of Liver Cancer: A Competing Risk Analysis
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 1, 2026
Lung cancer screening among Medicaid older adults in New Jersey, 2017-2022
Sep 20, 2026
Jul 28, 2026
NJ12170, Jun 19, 2026
Marbling Matters: Lean and Fatty Red Meat Show Opposing Associations with Brain Structural Indices
304017, May 21, 2026
Feb 11, 2026
Oct 21, 2025
Aug 28, 2025
T32NS115700, Apr 28, 2025
Start‐Upfunds, Aug 5, 2024
RNF4 sustains Myc-driven tumorigenesis by facilitating DNA replication
P30 CA072720, P30CA072720-5922, Mar 26, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
Feb 1, 2024
Multivitamin use and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in cancer survivors
Nov 28, 2023
Sep 7, 2023
UL1TR001881, Jun 8, 2023
Impact of overweight and obesity on US renal cell carcinoma incidence trends (1995-2018)
Apr 6, 2023
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 17, 2022
Sources: openalex.org, api.crossref.org
Named in competing interests
Fees or honoraria, Grants or research support, Aug 25, 2026
Employment, Jul 9, 2026
Patents or royalties, Dec 12, 2025
Fees or honoraria, Sep 25, 2023
Grants or research support, Dec 28, 2022
Employment, Jun 18, 2021
Muscle multiorgan crosstalk with MG53 as a myokine for tissue repair and regeneration
Patents or royalties, May 27, 2021
Patents or royalties, Oct 11, 2019
Sources: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Papers
The broccoli derivative sulforaphane extends lifespan by slowing the transcriptional aging clock
PLOS Aging and Health, Nov 1, 2026
Frontiers in immunology, Oct 29, 2026
Journal of exercise rehabilitation, Oct 29, 2026
Five risk factors linked to cognitive scores, not decline
medRxiv, Oct 28, 2026
ESC Congress 2026 abstract, Oct 26, 2026
The Lancet regional health. Europe, Oct 25, 2026
Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, Oct 25, 2026
Epigenetic aging in people with HIV across the life course: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, Oct 25, 2026
Heart tracing estimates linked to death risk after heart attack
medRxiv, Oct 24, 2026
Higher fitness linked to lower death risk in kidney disease
Kidney medicine, Oct 23, 2026
Low brain blood flow changed brain immune cells in aged mice
Journal of neuroinflammation, Oct 22, 2026
Semaglutide Increases Striatal Leptin Sensitivity, Impacting Dopaminergic Response to Cocaine
bioRxiv, Oct 22, 2026
American journal of epidemiology, Oct 21, 2026
Current cardiology reports, Oct 20, 2026
Obesity drugs linked to fewer cases of a heart rhythm disorder
International journal of cardiology, Oct 18, 2026
Slower cognitive decline linked to more midday movement
NPJ digital medicine, Oct 17, 2026
Food perception alone stimulates oviposition through serotonin signaling in Drosophila
bioRxiv, Oct 15, 2026
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, Oct 14, 2026
Caloric restriction delays cancer wasting in mice
bioRxiv, Oct 9, 2026
Restricting eating hours led to lasting fat loss in flies
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, Oct 8, 2026