Professor, Peking University
Professor Li is currently a Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University and Director of the Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness & Response. He has previously served as Dean of the School of Public Health, Peking University; Assistant to the President of Peking University; Deputy Director of Peking University Health Science Center; President of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine; the inaugural Director-General of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; and Party Committee Secretary and Executive Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). He serves as Chair of the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Committee of the Ministry of Education Steering Committee for Medical Education, a member of the National Expert Committee for Disease Prevention and Control, Honorary Chair of the Epidemiology Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA), former Chair of the Medical Education Branch of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA), and Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology. In 1997, he received the Eisenhower Presidential Award in the United States; in 2006, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University; in 2010, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (HonFFPH); and in 2017, he was elected an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS). The main research areas include large-scale population cohort studies, geriatric health epidemiology, and health services management.