She also serves as an Associate Director of the Biostatistics Core in the Duke Translational Medicine Institute (DTMI) and the group leader of the Biostatistics and Clinical Outcome group in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Li is a statistical geneticist with research interest in statistical method development and its applications to genomic data derived from human disease genetic studies. Dr. Li has built her research expertise through the development of various family-based association methods for censored data, quantitative traits, and X-linked genes as well as her role as a key investigator in several collaborative genetic projects such as genetic studies of neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease), and eye disorders (myopia and Fuchs dystrophy). PhD, Statistics, NC State University, Raleigh, NC