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Rui Li, PhD

Rui Li, PhD

  • Biography

    Dr. Rui Li is a pain epidemiologist and research assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She received her bachelor's degree in preventive medicine (2011-2016) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, followed by a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2016-2021). She then completed postdoctoral training in the Pediatric Pain & Sleep Innovations Lab at Seattle Children’s Research Institute (2021-2024), where she studied chronic pain assessment and prevention in adolescents alongside a team of pediatric pain researchers. Dr. Li’s research aims to integrate developmental aspects and sex and gender-specific factors to prevent the occurrence and reduce the public health impact of chronic pain. With a keen interest in addressing pain in women and children, her long-term goal is to prevent the development of chronic pain in young people and reduce sex and gender disparities in pain across the lifespan.

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    • Rui Li, PhD Researcher Profile

      View the Seattle Children's Research Institute profile of Rui Li, PhD including their publications and grants.

    • PPSI Lab

      PPSI Lab

      The Pediatric Pain and Sleep Innovations Lab’s research focus is on pain in children.

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