College of Medicine

- Admissions Overview
- - MD Program
    UNMC's rigorous academics, diverse clinical experiences and supportive environment put you on the path to becoming a skilled, compassionate physician.
  - How to Apply
    UNMC prepares medical degree students to meet the needs of patients through clinical practice, biomedical science and research, problem-solving and compassion.
  - Contact Us
    Review contact information for the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs in the College of Medicine at UNMC.
  - Verification and State Licensure
    Review opportunities for state licensure following completion of the MD program in the College of Medicine at UNMC.
- - MD-MBA Program
    A combined MD-MBA degree equips you with the tools you need to become highly skilled in both management and medicine.
  - MD-MPH Program
    Pursue your passion for public health and medicine with a combined MD-MPH and help solve complex health problems.
  - MD-PhD Program
    Do you have a passion for caring for patients and for research? Consider the dual MD-PhD degree.
- Education Overview
- - Curriculum
    Our curriculum produces physicians whose foundation in basic, clinical, and health systems sciences prepare them to promote health and reduce patient suffering.
  - Graduation Requirements
    Review requirements for students pursuing an MD at the UNMC College of Medicine to graduate and receive their degree.
  - Objectives
    The objectives of UNMC's medical degree program are to prepare you for success in primary care or specialty fields.
  - Service Learning
    Active participation in community service provides critical opportunities to apply skills and knowledge gained in medical school and develop a sense of empathy.
- - Enhanced Medical Education
    Enhanced Medical Education Tracks offer medical students an opportunity to perform an in-depth study of an interdisciplinary field of medicine.
  - Enhanced Medical Education Tracks
    EMET applicants are selected for Tracks based on their interest in the topic and motivation to complete work above and beyond the primary MD curriculum.
  - MD Honor’s Thesis Program
    The MD honors thesis encourages students to engage in scientific research during medical education and become eligible to graduate with honors.
- Research Overview
- Internal Grants
  The College of Medicine has a variety of research-related grant and award opportunities available to UNMC faculty.
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
  The Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) program identifies knowledge gaps in the effectiveness of clinical care and improves CER in these areas.
- Great Plains IDeA-CTR
  The Great Plains IDeA-CTR is a collaborative effort between nine regional institutions that provides training, resources. and funding to regional researchers.
- Research and Development Committee
  The Research and Development Committee handles funding opportunities for faculty, including the Bridge Funding program, and student research opportunities.
- Student Opportunities
  The College of Medicine provides a variety of research opportunities for both current and prospective UNMC students.
- Residencies & Fellowships Overview
- Graduate Medical Education Programs
  UNMC's dozens of programs--including nearly 20 in internal medicine--allow residents and fellows a variety of specialties.
- House Officer Resources
  Find information for residents and fellows, including salaries, benefits and nearby housing.
- House Officer Wellness
  Wellness resources for residents and fellows include an assistance program and a private wellness lounge.
- Research
  We aim to facilitate house officers’ involvement in research in the areas of patient safety, quality improvement, healthcare disparities and education research.
- Salary and Benefits
  Paid vacation and professional leave, health insurance and meal allowances are just a few of the benefits residents receive in addition to their yearly salary.
- Contact Us
  Reach out to the Graduate Medical Education office for information about benefits, contracts, orientation or graduation.
Departments

— College of Medicine — Department of Emergency Medicine — Faculty — Yulong Li, MD, PhD

Yulong Li, MD, PhD

Professor, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
Courtesy Professor, UNMC Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Director of Basic Science and Translational Research, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine

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Phone: 402-559-5413

Yulong Li, MD, PhD

Yulong Li, MD, PhD, is a professor of emergency medicine and a courtesy professor of cellular and integrative physiology. He is also a director of basic science and translational research in Department of Emergency Medicine. He is a research scientist th on that focuses on the regulatory role of the peripheral nervous system in peripheral tissues (such as myocardium and skeletal muscle) in pathophysiological conditions including heart failure, diabetes, ischemia-reperfusion injury and peripheral artery disease.

Before joining into the Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Li worked for five years in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UNMC and his research interest was concentrated on neuronal control of cardiovascular system in the chronic heart failure. He also spent six years in Japan, where he would take some studies for the involvement of cardiac myocyte ion channels in cardiac arrhythmias and cardioprotection.

Education

MD: Hebei Medical University, Clinical Medicine, 1984.
Master's: Hebei Medical University, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 1987.
PhD: Hebei Medical University, Cardiovascular Physiology, 1994.

Research Interests

Molecular and cellular signaling pathways.
Heart failure.
Diabetes.
Ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Peripheral artery disease.
Neuroscience.

Selected Publications

Red blood cell membrane-camouflaged poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microparticles as a potential controlled release drug delivery system for local stellate ganglion microinjection, 2023, Acta Biomaterialia.
Different responses of skeletal muscles to femoral artery ligation-induced ischemia identified in BABL/c and C57BL/6 mice, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology.
Macrophage depletion in stellate ganglia alleviates cardiac sympathetic overactivation and ventricular arrhythmogenesis by attenuating neuroinflammation in heart failure, 2021, Basic Research in Cardiology.