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Hongjin Li, PhD, BSN, FAAN

Board Member
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing

Board Bio

Dr. Li is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago.


She earned her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh and holds a Master’s degree in Biostatistics from Columbia University. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and has served as a consultant to the Illinois Joint Task Force of the Illinois Society of Acupuncturists and the Illinois Department of Human Services on Medicaid Reimbursement for Acupuncture. Dr. Li’s program of research focuses on advancing symptom science and health equity among breast cancer survivors. Her work centers on two key areas: applying multi-omics (metabolomics, microbiome) approaches to understand the biological mechanisms underlying the effects of acupuncture on psychoneurological symptoms in breast cancer survivors; and implementing innovative, non-opioid complementary and integrative health interventions—particularly acupuncture—to reduce cancer-related symptom burden, especially in medically underserved populations. Dr. Li has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator on more than four NIH-funded studies and has published extensively in the areas of cancer symptom science, integrative oncology, and biobehavioral research. Her work aims to integrate precision health strategies into supportive cancer care and improve quality of life among cancer survivors.

 

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