Personal profile

About

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

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