Li Ma, Ph.D.

Faculty Academic Appointments

Associate Professor and Regular Member, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2021

Associate Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2021

Assistant Professor and Regular Member, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2015

Assistant Professor, Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2015

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Chair, Shared Resources Executive Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2022

Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2022

Other Professional Positions

Consultant, FibroGen, San Francisco, California, 2016

Co-leader of the Biology Arm, MD Anderson’s Center for Radiation Oncology Research, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2016

Intramural Institutional Committee Activities

Regular Voting member, Institutional Faculty Recruitment Panel, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present

Regular Voting Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee (PTC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present

Regular Member, Tenure/Tenure Track Review Committee (TTRC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present

Regular Member, Breast Program steering committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present

Advisory Member, Systems Biology Department Chair Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2022

Advisory Member, Neuroradiology Department Chair Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2022

Regular Member and Chair, Shared Resources Executive Committee (SHREC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - 2022

Regular Member, SCRB5/TMC3 Research Think Tank, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020

Regular Member, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI) Program Awards Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present

Regular Voting Member, Technology Task Force (TTF), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2024

Interview Committee Member and Faculty Mentor, CPRIT Research Training Grant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present

Regular Member, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Department Chair Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - 2019

Regular Member, Genetics Department Faculty Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017 - Present

Reviewer, Presidents' Research Scholarship Selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017

Interviewer, Breast Medical Oncology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016

Regular Voting Member and Chair, Experimental Radiation Oncology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - 2022

Regular Member and Faculty Mentor, Cancer Biology T32, Scientific Conduct Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - Present

Regular Member, Bridge Funding Program, Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - Present

Regular Member and Chair, Odyssey Fellowship Program, Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2017

Regular Member, Blaffer Lecture Speaker Selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016

Regular Member, Genes and Development Program, Admission Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016

Regular Member, Genes and Development Program, Rotation Talk Organizing Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016

Reviewer, Alfred G. Knudson Award Selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015

Regular Member, CPRIT High-Impact, High-Reward, Pre-selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015

Regular Member, Sister Institutions Network Funds, Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2018

Interviewer, GSBS Interview Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - 2017

Regular Member, Symposium on the Future of Cancer Science, Organizing Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014

Regular Member, Cancer Biology Program, Membership Retention and Identification Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014

Regular Member, Genes and Development Program, Candidacy Exam Standing Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - 2016

Regular Member, Center for Radiation Oncology Research, Seed Grant Selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013

Regular Member, Institutional Research Grant Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - Present

Regular Member, Metastasis Research Center, Seed Grant Selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011

Interviewer, Molecular and Cellular Oncology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - 2012

Editorial Activities

Editorial board member, Cancer Research, 2025 - Present

Guest editor, Cancer & Metastasis Reviews, 2015 - Present

Editorial board member, Science Signaling, 2014 - Present

Editorial board member, Frontiers in Genetics, 2011 - Present