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Fan Li, PhD

Dr. Fan Li’s background is in diabetes nursing research, with specific training and expertise in non-interventional studies and advanced data analysis. She earned her doctoral degree in the College of Nursing from UMSL and had 10 years of experience in interdisciplinary collaboration with international scholars. Dr. Li’s research identified risk factors of sexual dysfunction in female Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes. Her research also examined the effect of Diabetes Conversation Maps-based education in controlling blood glucose and improving psychosocial outcomes in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes. During the pandemic, her research examined psychosocial responses of nurses and physicians in the US and China from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Dr. Li is actively engaged in diabetes research. She has published 19 papers and has presented her research nationally and internationally.

Education

  • 2019 – 2022, Ph.D., Nursing, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, US
  • 2017 – 2018, Graduate Courses, Nutrition, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US
  • 2012 – 2015, MMed, Nursing, College of Nursing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
  • 2010 – 2012, BS, Nursing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
  • 2008 – 2010, Associate Degree Courses, Nursing, Jiangsu Jiankang Vocational College, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Research Interests

  • Li’s research is in diabetes management. She is interested in utilizing machine learning technology to predict health outcomes and facilitate diabetes management in individuals with youth-onset type 2 diabetes.

Selected Grants

Co-Investigator, Statistician

Addressing Non-suicidal Self-Injury Practice Guidelines: Current State of Affairs.

PI: Brandie M. Smalley, PhD, Maryville University

Funded by Project/Research Grant. American Psychiatric Nurses Association, APNA Illinois Chapter, $2,500, 2023

Selected Publications

  1. Li, F., Gu, C., Hu, Y., Vandermause, R., Fish, A. F., Zhou, Z., Yuan, X., Zhou, Q., Zhu, J., & Lou, Q. (2023). For the Good of the People: An Interpretive Analysis of Chinese Volunteerism in the Critical Matter of Care at the Start of the Pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 18, 2231684. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2231684
  2. Li, F., Tokac, U., Werner, K., Fish, A. F., & Lou, Q. (2022). Determination of key inflection points for maladaptive responses in US nurses during the pandemic: A network analysis. SAGE Open Nursing. 8, 1-10. http://doi.org/1177/23779608221140719
  3. Raynor, H. A., Li, F., & Cardoso, C. (2018). Daily pattern of energy distribution and weight loss. Physiology & Behavior, 192, 167-172. http://doi.org/1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.036
  4. Li, F., Wang, Y., Xiao, L., Lou, Q., & Fish, A. F. (2016). Frequency, severity, and risk factors related to sexual dysfunction in Chinese women with T2D. Journal of Diabetes, 8, 544-551. http://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.12335
  5. Li, F., Yao, P., Hsue, C., Xu, J., & Lou, Q. (2016). Impact of “conversation maps” on diabetes distress and self-efficacy of Chinese adult patients with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study. Patient Preference and Adherence, 10, 901-908. http://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S95449

Selected Presentations

  1. Li, F., Tokac, U., Werner, K., Fish, A. F., & Lou, Q. (2022, October 19). Prevention targets for COVID-19 related maladaptive responses in US nurses: A network analysis [Paper presentation].The 15th Annual Multidisciplinary Research Conference - BJH, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
  2. Li, F., Gu, C., Hu, Y., Vandermause, R., Fish, A. F., Zhou, Z., Yuan, X., Zhou, Q., Zhu, J., & Lou, Q. (2021, May 19-22). Experiences of health care providers who volunteered to work in Hubei Province to fight COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. The Seventeenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, virtual, United States.
  1. Li F., & Lou, Q. (2015. November 30 - December 4). Structured education program in type 2 diabetes patients on insulin [Poster presentation]. The World Diabetes Congress 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Other Scholarly Activities

Selected Published Abstract

Li, F., Fish, A. F., & Tokac, U. (2020, June 12-16). Insulin pen injection techniques in patients with type 2 diabetes in China [Abstract publication]. American Diabetes Association 80th Scientific Sessions, virtual, United States.

https://diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/article/69/Supplement_1/2189-PUB/56089/2189-PUB-Insulin-Pen-Injection-Techniques-in

Honors and Awards

  • 2022, Mary Reardon Castles Award, College of Nursing, University of Missouri – St. Louis
  • 2015, Travel Award, International Diabetes Federal, travel to World Diabetes Congress

Memberships

  • 2022 – 2023, American Diabetes Association
  • 2022 – 2024, Midwest Nursing Research Society
  • 2020 – 2021, Midwest Nursing Research Society                                   
Fan Li, PhD
Assistant Professor

Contact Info

Email: fan.li@umsl.edu
Phone: 314-516-4413
Office: Seton 306, College of Nursing, South Campus