Clara Li, PhD
Clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, specializing in memory, aging, and dementia in Chinese-speaking older adults — working directly in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
Memory, aging, and the communities research overlooks
Dr. Li provides neuropsychological expertise on memory loss and dementia, with a particular focus on Chinese American older adults. She trains Chinese-English bilingual doctoral candidates to administer neuropsychological tests and interpret cognitive data, and her NIH/NIA-funded research works to close the gap in Alzheimer's research for Asian Americans. 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 Mount Sinai.
Alzheimer's & dementia research for Asian Americans and other minority groups
Dr. Li's NIH/NIA-funded research program works to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in communities long underrepresented in research. The program — including active studies and opportunities to participate — is run through the Li Laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.