Yan Li, PhD

Yan Li
Principal Investigator
Phone
+1 415 514-2104

Dr. Yan Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. Her research focuses on developing methods for obtaining reliable metabolic information from the brain to characterize spatial and temporal heterogeneity and the biological behavior during disease time for brain tumors, psychiatric and neurologic diseases. This includes the development of new methods for obtaining whole-brain metabolites and tools for generating metrics of brain neurotransmitters using 3T and 7T MR scanners, implementation of statistical methods to relate metabolic metrics to clinical outcomes or measures, and integration of steady-state 1H metabolic imaging with PET, hyperpolarized 13C and advanced MR imaging parameters in order to elucidate the underlying normal and abnormal biological process.

Honors and Awards
RAP Shared Technology Award, UCSF, 2024
RAP Pilot Award for Early Career Investigators, UCSF, 2023
Developmental Research Program Award, UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE, 2021-2022
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Foundation Young Investigator Award, UCSF nominee, UCSF, 2020
RAP Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy, UCSF, 2017-2018
RAP Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences, UCSF, 2015-2016
T32 training award in translational brain tumor research, UCSF Brain Tumor Center, 2012-2013
Margaret Heart Surbeck Scholar Award, UCSF, 2008
Krevans Graduate Research Fellowship, UCSF, 2007-2008

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