Hongjin LiProfile page
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5466-1192
- Assistant ProfessorCollege of Nursing
- University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, 845 S. Damen Ave. (MC 802), Chicago, Illinois, 60612-7350, United States
BIO
Dr. Li's research focuses on three main components: (1) phenotyping, identifying trajectory and predictors (genetic and metabolomic) of the psychoneurological symptom cluster (pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety) experienced by breast cancer survivors; (2) testing and implementing complementary and integrative therapies (i.e., acupuncture) to alleviate cancer-related symptoms among medically underserved breast cancer survivors; and (3) using multi-omics approach to understand the effect and mechanism of acupuncture. She has been funded through the American Cancer Society, Sigma Theta Tau International-Eta Chapter, and the Heilbrunn research award from Rockefeller University. She is a member of the Midwest Nursing Research Society, Oncology Nursing Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, United States2021
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Graduate Student ResearcherUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, United States2017 - 2019
- Teaching Assistant/FellowUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, United States2017 - 2018
- Graduate Student AssistantUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, United States2016 - 2017
- Teaching Assistant/FellowColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, United StatesAug 2014 - Dec 2014
- Clinical Research AssistantUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis, College of Nursing, St Louis, United StatesAug 2012 - May 2013
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- LTD Research SpecialistPeking University Healthcare Industry Group Co.2015 - 2016
- Student NurseBarnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, United States2011 - 2013
- Student NurseHubei Cancer CenterMay 2012 - Aug 2012
DEGREES
- PhD, NursingUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, United States2016 - 2019
- MS, BiostatisticsColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, United States2013 - 2015
- BSNUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis, College of Nursing, St Louis, United States2009 - 2013
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- PostdocUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, United States2019 - 2021Nursing
- Biostatistician Summer InternshipThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health, Galveston, United StatesMay 2014 - Aug 2014Internship