Fan Li

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

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
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
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
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
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

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
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.

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 80^th 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