
Xiaoyu LI
Tsinghua University
Department of Sociology
E-mail: xiaoyu_li@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
EDUCATION
2017,ScD,Social and Behavioral Sciences,Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2017,MS,Biostatistics,Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2013,MS,Sociology,University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2011,BS,Sociology,Tsinghua University, Beijing
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2020-,Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2017-2020,Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Bo ston, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Supervisors: Prof. Ichiro Kawachi, Prof. Susan Redline
RESEARCH AREAS
My group is currently recruiting postdoctoral fellows and research assistants. Interested applicants are welcome to contact me via email.
Medical sociology, sleep health, health inequalities, marriage and family, quantitative methods
TEACHING
2024,Medical Sociology,Tsinghua University,Beijing
2022,Social Medicine,Tsinghua University,Beijing
2021,2023,Sleep and Health,Tsinghua University,Beijing
2020-,Categorical Data Analysis,Tsinghua University,Beijing
2017,Applied Regression Analysis,Okayama University,Okayama,Japan
EDITORIAL POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2024,Board Member,Beijing Migrant Workers Education Promotion Association
2024,Member,Chinese Sleep Research Society
2023-,Executive Committee Member, Sleep Medicine Professional Committee, Chinese Association of Medical Education
2022,Guest Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry
2021-,Editorial Board Member,Social Science and Medicine
2020-,Editorial Board Member, Tsinghua Sociological Review
2017-,Member,Society for Epidemiologic Research
2017-,Member,Sleep Research Society
2017-,Member,American Sleep Association
2017-,Member,American Academy of the Sleep Medicine
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2022,ZJU Tang Scholar, Tsinghua University
2019,Abstract Scholarship Award, American Thoracic Society
2019,Young Investigators Research Forum Scholarship, American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation
2018,Trainee Travel Award, Sleep Research Network
2016,Andrew T. Lyman And Henry S. Grew Memorial Scholarship, Harvard University
2013-2015,Tuition Grant, Harvard Chan School of Public Health
2012,2013,Conference Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011,Marwell Fund Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011,Graduation Honor: College Graduate Excellence Award, Beijing Municipal Education Commission
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Yan X, Han F, Wang H, Li Z, Kawachi I, Li X. Years of life lost due to insufficient sleep and associated economic burden in China from 2010–18. J Glob Health. 2024;14:04076. doi:10.7189/jogh.14.04076
Wang Y, Li B, Zhang C, Buxton OM, Redline S, Li X. Group-based sleep trajectories in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2024;75:101916. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101916
Wang Y, Zhang C, Hikichi H, Kawachi I, Li X. Longitudinal associations between disaster damage and falls/fear of falling in older adults: 9-year follow-up of survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Innov Aging. Published online March 1, 2023:igad020.
Li X, Haneuse S, Rueschman M, Kaplan ER, Yu X, Davison KK, Redline S, Taveras EM. Longitudinal association of actigraphy-assessed sleep with physical growth in the first 6 months of life. Sleep. 2022;45(1):zsab243.
Li X, Sotres-Alvarez D, Gallo LC, Ramos AR, Aviles-Santa L, Perreira KM, Isasi CR, Zee PC, Savin KL, Schneiderman N, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Sofer T, Daviglus M, Redline S. Associations of sleep disordered breathing and insomnia with incident hypertension and diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.
Li X, Buxton OM, Kim Y, Haneuse S, Kawachi I. Do procrastinators get worse sleep? Cross-sectional study of US adolescents and young adults. SSM - Popul Health. 2020;10:100518.
Li X*, Joehanes R*, Hoeschele I, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Levy D, Liu Y, Redline S, Sofer T. Association between sleep disordered breathing and epigenetic age acceleration: evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. EBioMedicine. 2019;50:387-394.
Li X, Aida J, Hikichi H, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Association of postdisaster depression and posttraumatic stress disorder with mortality among older disaster survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(12):e1917550-e1917550.
Li X, Kawachi I, Buxton OM, Haneuse S, Onnela J-P. Social network analysis of group position, popularity, and sleep behaviors among U.S. adolescents. Soc Sci Med. 2019;232:417-426.
Li X, Buxton OM, Hikichi H, Haneuse S,Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Predictors of persistent sleep problems among older disaster survivors: a natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Sleep. 2018 July; 41(7).