Shirley, Xue Li Email and Phone Number

With over 10 years of experience in real-world and outcome research (HEOR) and decision analytics, I am currently working as an Assistant Professor at HKUMed. My research passion lies in bridging real-world evidence, disease simulation modelling and decision analytics for transparent and evidence-based health policymaking for cutting-edge innovative medicine (e.g. biologics, precision medicine, vaccine) and healthcare interventions (e.g. AI tools for screening and clinical decision assistance). My research often involves dynamic interactions with local and international academic collaborators, local government, industry partners, NGOs and other key opinion leaders. As the principal investigator of several HEOR projects funded by the Hong Kong government, I have led research projects covering the therapeutic areas of mental health, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, oncology, rare genetic disorders and vaccinology, and published in world-leading medical journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA Pediatrics, Annals of the Rheumatic Disease, eClinicalMedicine and Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific. I have co-authored ~120 peer-reviewed articles (total citation ~2800; H-index 28 as of Feb 2024) and have been selected as the Top 2% most cited scientists by Stanford University. As a Project Coordinator, I also lead the first Horizon Scanning project funded by the RGC Research Impact Fund to launch the HEOR training and root the Health Technology Assessment ecosystem for early innovative adoption in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.My current team (Xue’s lab) includes 12 full-time Postdoc/PhD/MPhil students and research fellows. With a team spirit of Proactive – Empathy – Resilience – Teamwork, and Self-motivation (X-PERTS), we embrace and enjoy the open research environment, international collaboration, and breakthrough methodologies in health science. Please email sxueli@hku.hk for full-time or part-time Postdoc/PhD/MPhil/RA opportunities.