Meng Li, Phd Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

 Provide research insights and products to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Committeeso As the lead research liaison to the Minority Affairs Committee, offer research insights regarding the impact of OPTN policy on health equity among organ transplant candidates o Collaborate with cross-functional teams of policy specialists, IT, data analytics, and research scientists to streamline policy implementations in the organ transplant systemo Write public-facing educational materials to explain technical terms related to OPTN policy change Lead a research portfolio on health equity in transplant organ accesso Oversee and lead a portfolio of work on health equity, including leading a small team of biostatisticians, to improve statistical models on health equity in transplant access o Analyze real-world patient data from government databases using R, R Markdown, SQL o Use advanced statistics such as Survival Analysis and Multi-level Generalized Linear Models to analyze complex transplant waitlist data; produced stylized analysis reports and presentationso Lead an ambitious project to overhaul a public-facing dashboard to enhance audience understanding, usability, and cut down redundant analysis needs to improve organizational efficiency Serve as the expert in survey research and academic publications and grant applications Collaborating with other senior scientists in the Research Department in survey-related research, providing expertise on survey design and methodology  Offering expertise in department efforts related to grant applications and publishing in academic journals

➥ Led high visibility Survey Experiment projects; streamline projects from client communication, data collection, Qualtrics data integration, to results delivery; established a new standard in delivery decks with a summarized take-home message rather than a long list of results within the standard decko Planned and conducted collaborative meetings with clients and the delivery team to truly understand client needs, and created team-wide appreciation of communicating clearly to non-technical audienceso Utilized Jira for task planning, combined with years of teaching experience, to develop/execute research presentations and deliver take-home messageso Created and improved the deck and presented to the client; received overwhelmingly positive feedback, especially surrounding the result summaries; executed standardized models for all subsequent deliverable decks➥ Conduct annual brand tracker and customer satisfaction surveys with clients using delivery decks with result summaries; the clients' response to the survey service was more positive in comparison to the previous yearso One of our clients took notice of the drastic difference in communication effectiveness and requested six-additional presentations, equivalent to an additional $20K worth of service opportunity just from this one client for this one project➥ Spearhead new internal survey research initiatives to expand company business avenueso Created a new set of survey questions on Climate Science, collected multiple waves of data on these questions, generated insights through data analysis, and created an eBook and effective slide decks for business development➥ Led and manage a cross-functional team of survey scientists and data scientists in client-facing and internal projects o Handled team function transition from an internal research team to a client-facing delivery team, leading to successful and timely delivery on 10+ projects involving surveys, experiments, and modeling scores

Denver, Colorado, United States

➥ Conducted 150+ behavioral science studies in public health, marketing, psychology, healthcare, and behavioral economics, including 100+ survey studies and field studieso Used behavioral science theories to conduct studies with real-world impact, such as setting up default appointments for flu shots, and using plate design to encourage healthy eating in kids; some findings have been reported in news press such as NY Times, CNN, NPR, and adopted by industry leaders ➥ Utilized complex quantitative analytical methods to generate research insights o ANOVA, Linear Regression, Logistical regression, Multi-Level Modeling, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Moderation, Mediation, and Moderated Mediation, Non-Parametric Analysis ➥ Studied Behavioral Habits, Public Health, Mental Health, People Science, and Marketing ➥ Published 30+ articles on top journals: Science, JAMA, JAMA-Pediatrics, and Psychological Science ➥ Obtained $1M in research funding from federal and private funding agencies➥ Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Social Psychology, Statistics, Health Policy, Epidemiology

Denver, Colorado, United States

➥ Served as the leader and main point of contact for an undergraduate major with 400+ students➥ Managed 20 + teaching faculty across 5 departments, and hired and managed 30+ teaching assistant positionso Coordinated with 5 Department Chairs to manage teaching schedules for 15+ Public Health courses each semestero Established and maintained faculty co-teaching teams, mediated in conflicts between faculty members from different backgrounds and departments➥ Conducted annual evaluation of the undergraduate major and carried out improvement plans➥ Restructured teaching assignment process to optimize matching between courses and faculty teaching preferences to improve efficiency and satisfactiono Created a system for faculty to share teaching preference, and a scale to equitably rank faculty priority in teaching desired courses based on past teaching contributionso Set up transparent communications with faculty to share criterion, tentative assignment, and solicited feedback o Resulted in expedited course assignment process, elevated faculty satisfaction, and increased faculty retention

➥ Conducted randomized experiment using default flu-shot appointments to promote vaccination➥ Designed, managed, and conducted real-world field experiments on dietary behavior➥ Wrote 10 + scientific publications➥ Collaborated with pharmacy, medical clinics on multiple studies involving patients

Research, undergraduate teaching

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Psychology

Master Of Science - Ms, Social Psychology

Master Of Science - Ms, Cell Biology

Activities and Societies: HIV research

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Clinical Medicine

Activities and Societies: Internship: Ji Shui Tan Hospital, Beijing