Li Tao (Chinese: 李涛; pinyin: Lǐ Tāo; born 4 March 1965) is a Chinese academic psychiatrist. She is the dean of the Mental Health Center affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine. She is a clinician, professor, and researcher, specialising in topics relating to molecular genetics and mental illness.
Li Tao | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1965 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | King's College London (PhD) West China University of Medical Sciences (MB, MD) |
| Known for | Schizophrenia Molecular genetics |
| Spouse | Hu Xun |
| Awards | Changjiang Scholar (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry Schizophrenia |
| Institutions | Institute of Psychiatry West China Medical Center Zhejiang University |
| Doctoral advisors | David Collier Liu Xiehe |
Biography
editAs a student, Li worked at the National Center for Gene Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]
From 2008 to 2020, Li was a professor and researcher at West China (Huaxi) Hospital, Sichuan University.[2] She was the leader of the research team there and was on the staff at the Hospital between 1997, when she started as a postdoctoral research worker, and 2020.[3] Li has also taught molecular genetics at Tibet University Medical Science School.[4] As director of the Mental Health Center at West China Hospital, in 2012, she led a collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in studying tobacco addiction.[5]
Li's work focuses on the genetics of mental illness, especially relating to hereditary schizophrenia.[4] Her work has helped encourage further research into molecular genetics in Western China.[4] She also studies topics relating to Tibet and psychology of the people living there.[6] Her research and contributions have been published in Biological Psychiatry,[7] PLoS,[8] the American Journal of Medical Genetics,[9] The American Journal of Psychiatry,[10] Nature,[11] The British Journal of Psychiatry,[12] and Psychiatry Research.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Teams & Members". National Center for Gene Research, CAS. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Lin, Lin (18 February 2011). "Li Tao". The Seventh China Young Female Scientists Award. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Psychiatric Laboratory". Psychiatric Laboratory. West China Hospital, SCU. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Tingting, Zhang (3 December 2005). "Five Chinese Women Scientists Awarded". China.org. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "China Connection Featured Initiatives". Department of Psychiatry. University of Massachusetts Medical School. 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Tao, Li (2007-01-01). "A Study of the Tibetan Rural Urbanisation Model". China Report. 43 (1): 31–42. doi:10.1177/000944550604300102. ISSN 0009-4455. S2CID 153644110.
- ^ Li, Tao; Li, Zhiqiang; Chen, Peng; Zhao, Qian; Wang, Ti; Huang, Ke; Li, JunYan; Li, You; Liu, Jie (October 2010). "Common Variants in Major Histocompatibility Complex Region and TCF4 Gene Are Significantly Associated with Schizophrenia in Han Chinese". Biological Psychiatry. 68 (7): 671–673. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.014. PMID 20673877. S2CID 30843074.
- ^ Shifman, Sagiv; Johannesson, Martina; Bronstein, Michal; Chen, Sam X; Collier, David A; Craddock, Nicholas J; Kendler, Kenneth S; Li, Tao; O'Donovan, Michael (2008-02-15). "Genome-Wide Association Identifies a Common Variant in the Reelin Gene That Increases the Risk of Schizophrenia Only in Women". PLOS Genet. 4 (2): e28. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0040028. PMC 2242812. PMID 18282107.
- ^ Gill, Michael; Vallada, Homero; Collier, David; Sham, Pak; Holmans, Peter; Murray, Robin; McGuffin, Peter; Nanko, Shin; Owen, Mike (1996-02-16). "A combined analysis of D22S278 marker alleles in affected sib-pairs: Support for a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia at chromosome 22q12". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 67 (1): 40–45. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960216)67:1<40::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-W. ISSN 1096-8628. PMID 8678112.
- ^ Lui, Su; Deng, Wei; Huang, Xiaoqi; Jiang, Lijun; Ma, Xiaohong; Chen, Huafu; Zhang, Tijiang; Li, Xiuli; Li, Dongming (2009-02-01). "Association of Cerebral Deficits With Clinical Symptoms in Antipsychotic-Naive First-Episode Schizophrenia: An Optimized Voxel-Based Morphometry and Resting State Functional Connectivity Study". American Journal of Psychiatry. 166 (2): 196–205. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08020183. ISSN 0002-953X. PMID 18981063.
- ^ Stefansson, Hreinn; Rujescu, Dan; Cichon, Sven; Pietiläinen, Olli P. H.; Ingason, Andres; Steinberg, Stacy; Fossdal, Ragnheidur; Sigurdsson, Engilbert; Sigmundsson, Thordur (2008). "Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia". Nature. 455 (7210): 232–236. Bibcode:2008Natur.455..232S. doi:10.1038/nature07229. PMC 2687075. PMID 18668039.
- ^ He, Kuanjun; An, Zhiguo; Wang, Qingzhong; Li, Tao; Li, Zhiqiang; Chen, Jianhua; Li, Wenjin; Wang, Ti; Ji, Jue (2014-01-01). "CACNA1C, schizophrenia and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 204 (1): 36–39. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126979. ISSN 0007-1250. PMID 24262814.
- ^ Ji, Weidong; Li, Tao; Pan, Yaosheng; Tao, Hua; Ju, Kang; Wen, Zujia; Fu, Yingchun; An, Zhiguo; Zhao, Qian (2013). "CNTNAP2 is significantly associated with schizophrenia and major depression in the Han Chinese population". Psychiatry Research. 207 (3): 225–228. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.024. PMID 23123147. S2CID 22534509.