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Dr Leah Li

  • Telephone:

    +44 207 905 2632

  • Extension:

    42632

  • Fax:

    +44 207 905 2381

  • Email:

    leah.li@ucl.ac.uk

  • Address:

    w1.09,
    London,
    WC1N 1EH

  • Appointments:

    Senior Research Fellow, ICH - Paediatric Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Population Health Sciences

Summary

Dr Leah Li - Senior Lecturer

I have a multidisciplinary background, with degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I am currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics at UCL.

Research Summary

My research interests include the methodology for the analysis of life course data, intergenerational and cross-cohort comparisons. My research focusses on physical growth (height and BMI), cognitive and socio-emotional development, and adult health.

 

My recent work includes joint multivariate response modelling for exploring the association between growth trajectories and health outcomes, and estimating trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults and children in the UK and the impact of changes in body sizes using multiple studies/cohorts. I am also interested in adverse childhood experiences (abuse and maltreatment), child-to-adult development. and adult health outcomes.     

Research Activities

  • A life course approach to the study of adult physical capability
  • Public Health and Epidemiology

Recent Publications

Displaying 50 most recent publications. For the full list please visit UCL Discovery

  1. Pouliou T,Ki M,Law C,Li L,Power C (2012) Physical activity and sedentary behaviour at different life stages and adult blood pressure in the 1958 British cohort. J Hypertens, 30(2), 275 - 283. 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834f1915.
  2. Geoffroy MC,Hertzman C,Li L,Power C (2012) Morning salivary cortisol and cognitive function in mid-life: evidence from a population-based birth cohort. Psychol Med, 42(8), 1763 - 1773. 10.1017/S0033291711002704.
  3. Seaman SR,White IR,Copas AJ,Li L (2012) Combining Multiple Imputation and Inverse-Probability Weighting BIOMETRICS, 68(1), 129 - 137. 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01666.x.
  4. Peters H,Whincup PH,Cook DG,Law C,Li L (2012) Trends in blood pressure in 9 to 11-year-old children in the United Kingdom 1980-2008: The impact of obesity Journal of Hypertension, 30(9), 1708 - 1717.
  5. Pearce A,Li L,Abbas J,Ferguson B,Graham H,Law C,Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group (2012) Childcare use and inequalities in breastfeeding: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Arch Dis Child, 97(1), 39 - 42. 10.1136/adc.2009.177337.
  6. Power C,Thomas C,Li L,Hertzman C (2012) Childhood psychosocial adversity and adult cortisol patterns. Br J Psychiatry, 201(3), 199 - 206. 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096032.
  7. Seward N,Osrin D,Li L,Costello A,Pulkki-Brännström AM,Houweling TA,Morrison J,Nair N,Tripathy P,Azad K,Manandhar D,Prost A (2012) Association between clean delivery kit use, clean delivery practices, and neonatal survival: pooled analysis of data from three sites in South Asia. PLoS Med, 9(2), e1001180. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001180.
  8. Pearce A,Li L,Abbas J,Ferguson B,Graham H,Law C (2011) Does the home environment influence inequalities in unintentional injury in early childhood? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
  9. Geoffroy MCG,Li LL,Power CP (2011) PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND BODY MASS INDEX: COMORBIDITY AND DIRECTION OF ASSOCIATIONS OVER THE LIFE-COURSE JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65. 10.1136/jech.2011.143586.39.
  10. Power C,Pouliou T,Li L,Cooper R,Hyppönen E (2011) Parental and offspring adiposity associations: insights from the 1958 British birth cohort. Ann Hum Biol, 38(4), 390 - 399. 10.3109/03014460.2011.591827.
  11. Li L (2011) Joint Multivariate Response Modeling for Repeated BMI Measures and Single Measures of Adult Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors JSM Proceedings.
  12. Li L,Pinot de Moira A,Power C (2011) Predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors in midadulthood from childhood body mass index: utility of different cutoffs for childhood body mass index. Am J Clin Nutr, 93(6), 1204 - 1211. 10.3945/ajcn.110.001222.
  13. Power C,Li L,Atherton K,Hertzman C (2011) Psychological health throughout life and adult cortisol patterns at age 45 y. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(1), 87 - 97. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.06.010.
  14. Li L,Power C (2011) Life-course BMI trajectories and cardiovascular disease risk factors in mid-adulthood Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 1(3 (Supplement, abstract)), 85.
  15. Ki M,Pouliou T,Li L,Power C (2011) Physical (in)activity over 20y in adulthood: Associations with adult lipid levels in the 1958 British birth cohort Atherosclerosis, 219(1), 361 - 367.
  16. Pearce A,Li L,Abbas J,Ferguson B,Graham H,Law C,Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group (2010) Does childcare influence socioeconomic inequalities in unintentional injury? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health, 64(2), 161 - 166. 10.1136/jech.2009.092643.
  17. Pinot de Moira A,Power C,Li L (2010) Changing influences on childhood obesity: a study of 2 generations of the 1958 British birth cohort. Am J Epidemiol, 171(12), 1289 - 1298. 10.1093/aje/kwq083.
  18. Denholm R,Power C,Thomas C,Li L (2010) CHILD MALTREATMENT CO-OCCURRENCE AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH HOUSEHOLD DYSFUNCTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1958 BRITISH BIRTH COHORT J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 64, A40 - A41. 10.1136/jech.2010.120477.18.
  19. Lloyd JEV,Li L,Hertzman C (2010) Early experiences matter: Lasting effect of concentrated disadvantage on children's language and cognitive outcomes HEALTH & PLACE, 16(2), 371 - 380. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.009.
  20. Pearce A,Li L,Abbas J,Ferguson B,Graham H,Law C (2010) Is childcare associated with the risk of overweight and obesity in the early years findings from the UK millennium cohort study International Journal of Obesity, 34(7), 1160 - 1168.
  21. Pearce A,Li L,Abbas J,Ferguson B,Graham H,Law L (2009) Does childcare influence the risk of overweight and obesity in the early years? Findings from the UK millennium cohort study (Abstract) J Epidemiol Community Health, 63(Supplement 2), p28.
  22. Li L,Law C,Lo Conte R,Power C (2009) Intergenerational influences on childhood body mass index: the effect of parental body mass index trajectories AM J CLIN NUTR, 89(2), 551 - 557. 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26759.
  23. Li L (2008) Analysis of early life influences on cognitive development in childhood using multilevel ordinal models. Quad Stat, 10, 99 - 113.
  24. Power C,Li L,Hertzman C (2008) Cognitive development and cortisol patterns in mid-life: Findings from a British birth cohort Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33(4), 530 - 539.
  25. Power C,Li L,Hertzman C,Atherton K (2008) Social emotional factors and cortisol patterns at 44-45y Revised for Biol Psychiatry..
  26. Li L (2008) Influences on childhood cognitive development - application of ordinal logistic model for repeated measures Quaderni di Statistica, 10, 99 - 113.
  27. Li L,Hardy R,Kuh D,Lo Conte R,Power C (2008) Child-to-adult body mass index and height trajectories: A comparison of 2 British birth cohorts American Journal of Epidemiology, 168(9), 1008 - 1015.
  28. Li L,Power C,Kelly S,Kirschbaum C,Hertzman C (2007) Life-time socio-economic position and cortisol patterns in mid-life PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINO, 32(7), 824 - 833. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.05.014.
  29. Li L,Law C,Power C (2007) Body mass index throughout the life-course and blood pressure in mid-adult life: a birth cohort study JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 25(6), 1215 - 1223.
  30. Li L,Dangour AD,Power C (2007) Early life influences on adult leg and trunk length in the 1958 British birth cohort American Journal of Human Biology, 19(6), 836 - 843.
  31. Li L,Power C,Lo Conte R,Kuh D ,Hardy R (2006) Height, leg length and life-course BMI and obesity trajectories in two British birth cohorts Working paper.
  32. Power C,Li L,Hertzman C (2006) Patterns of growth from birth to adulthood, adiposity and cortisol patterns in mid-adulthood. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism(91), 4264 - 4270.
  33. Power C,Li L,Hertzman C (2006) Associations of early growth and adult adiposity with patterns of salivary cortisol in adulthood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91(11), 4264 - 4270. 10.1210/jc.2006-0625.
  34. Power C,Li L,Hertzman C (2005) Patterns of growth from birth to adulthood, adiposity and cortisol secretion in mid-adulthood Pediatric Research, 58(5), 1056 - 1056.
  35. Li L,Power C,Law C (2005) BMI throughout the life-course and blood pressure in mid-adult life PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 58(5), 1028 - 1028.
  36. Alderson P,Bunn F,Lefebvre C,Li WP,Li L,Roberts I,Schierhout G (2004) Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients Cochrane.Database.Syst.Rev.(4), CD001208. 10.1002/14651858.CD001208.pub2.
  37. Li L,Manor O,Power C (2004) Are inequalities in height narrowing? Comparing effects of social class on height in two generations. Arch Dis Child, 89(11), 1018 - 1023. 10.1136/adc.2003.035162.
  38. Li L,Power C (2004) Influences on childhood height: comparing two generations in the 1958 British birth cohort. Int J Epidemiol, 33(6), 1320 - 1328. 10.1093/ije/dyh325.
  39. Li L,Manor O,Power C (2004) Early environment and child-to-adult growth trajectories in the 1958 British birth cohort American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 80(1), 185 - 192.
  40. Li L,Parsons TJ,Power C (2003) Breast feeding and obesity in childhood: cross sectional study. BMJ, 327(7420), 904 - 905. 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.904.
  41. Li L,Power C,Manor O (2003) What influences the postnatal growth trajectory? PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, 53(6), 21A - 21A.
  42. Moser K,Li L,Power C (2003) Social inequalities in low birth weight in England and Wales: Trends and implications for future population health Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(9), 687 - 691.
  43. Power C,Li L,Manor O,Davey Smith G (2003) Combination of low birth weight and high adult body mass index: at what age is it established and what are its determinants? J Epidemiol Community Health, 57(12), 969 - 973.
  44. Li, L (2002) An intergenerational comparison of influences of early life factors in childhood height International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 61(1), 37 - 37.
  45. Power C,Manor O,Li L (2002) Are inequalities in height underestimated by adult social position? Effects of changing social structure and height selection in a cohort study. BMJ, 325(7356), 131 - 134.
  46. (2002) Social inequalities in height: life-course and inter-generational trends Epidemiology and Community Health, 56(2), ii4 - ii29.
  47. Power C,Frank J,Hertzman C,Schierhout G,Li L (2001) Predictors of low back pain onset in a prospective British study. Am J Public Health, 91(10), 1671 - 1678.
  48. Li L,Roberts I,Power C (2001) Physical and psychological effects of injury. Data from the 1958 British birth cohort study. Eur J Public Health, 11(1), 81 - 83.
  49. Bunn F,Lefebvre C,Li Wan PA,Li L,Roberts I,Schierhout G (2000) Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients. The Albumin Reviewers Cochrane.Database.Syst.Rev.(2), CD001208. 10.1002/14651858.CD001208.
  50. Bunn F,Lefebvre C,Li Wan Po A,Li L,Roberts I,Schierhout G (2000) Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients. The Albumin Reviewers. Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online : Update Software)(2).

Biography

Dr Leah Li - Senior Lecturer

I have a multidisciplinary background, with degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I am currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics at UCL.

Qualifications

  • : Master of Science, University of British Columbia
  • : Doctor of Philosophy, University College London