Memory, aging, and the communities research overlooks
Dr. Li is a clinical neuropsychologist specializing in memory loss and dementia in older adults, with a particular focus on Chinese American communities. She works directly with patients and families in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English — with no interpreter in between — and trains Chinese-English bilingual doctoral candidates to administer neuropsychological tests and interpret cognitive data.
She earned her PhD in clinical psychology, with a minor in clinical neuropsychology, from Yeshiva University, and completed her internship and fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry (affiliation cited for identification only).
Dr. Li is a licensed psychologist in New York. Her NIH/NIA-funded research works to close the gap in Alzheimer's research for Asian Americans: she serves as one of four multiple principal investigators on a $25M NIH study of Alzheimer's disease and risk among Chinese Americans, and her work has been covered by World Journal, Sing Tao Daily, China Press, and Epoch Times, as well as the Chinese-language television program Health 1+1.
Her research program — including active studies and free research memory evaluations for eligible participants — is run through the Li Laboratory at Mount Sinai.