BIO

Professor Ya-Min Li is the Director of Department of Nursing of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. She  has been a registered nurse since 1994 in the field of emergency and intensive nursing and psychiatric nursing. She has been engaged in evidence-based medicine and nursing practice. She is also focusing on autism-related research.  Prof. Ya-Min Li is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Xiangya Nursing and served as editor for 6 books in her field. She has over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles indexed in Web of Science. Prof. Li is currently a member of the Committee of Emergency Nursing of China Nursing Association.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2013/07-2015/09 Central South University, Changsha, China,  Postdoctoral Fellow

2008/09-2012/06 Central South University, Changsha, China,  Ph.D. in Psychiatry

2004/09-2006/12 Central South University, Changsha, China,  MS in Social Medicine

2000/09-2004/06 Central South University, Changsha, China,  BS in Nursing

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

01/2021 – present Key Research and Promotion of First Aid in Mental Health. Hunan Provincial Key Research Program. (2020SK2085) Role: Principal Investigator.

01/2018 – present Efficacy and mechanism of sulforaphane treatment of autism spectrum disorders by restoring synaptic pruning through. National Natural Science Foundation of China suppressing NF-κB pathway in overactivated microglial and astrocyte. (81873806) Role: Principal Investigator.

01/2019 – present Overactivated microglia and astrocyte induced aberrant synaptic pruning associated with autism spectrum disorder. Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province. (2019JJ40437) Role: Principal Investigator.

01/2014 – 12/2016 Mental Health Intervention on Brain Functions of post-suicidal patients with schizophrenia. Hunan Technology Plan. (2014FJ3093) Role: Principal Investigator.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding author)

1. Fu, X., Yang, J., Liao, X., Lin, J., Peng, Y., Shen, Y., Ou, J.*, Li, Y.*, & Chen, R.* (2020). Parents' Attitudes Toward and Experience of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: A Qualitative Study. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00651

2. Lei, X.-Y., Li, Y.-J., Ou, J.-J., & Li, Y.-M.* (2019). Association between parental body mass index and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, 28(7), 933-947. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-018-1259-0

3. Li, Y.-J., Xie, X.-N., Lei, X., Li, Y.-M.*, & Lei, X.* (2020). Global prevalence of obesity, overweight and underweight in children, adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. OBESITY REVIEWS, 21(12). https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13123

4. Liao, X., & Li, Y.* (2020). Genetic associations between voltage-gated calcium channels and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review. MOLECULAR BRAIN, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13041-020-00634-0

5. Liao, X., & Li, Y.* (2020). Nuclear Factor Kappa B in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104918

6. Liao, X., Liu, Y., Fu, X., & Li, Y.* (2020). Postmortem Studies of Neuroinflammation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review. MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY, 57(8), 3424-3438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-020-01976-5

7. Liao, X., Yang, J., Wang, H., & Li, Y.* (2020). Microglia mediated neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorder. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, 130, 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.013

8. Yang, J., Fu, X., Liao, X., & Li, Y.* (2020). Association of problematic smartphone use with poor sleep quality, depression, and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112686

9. Yang, J., Fu, X., Liao, X., & Li, Y.* (2020). Nrf2 Activators as Dietary Phytochemicals Against Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.561998

10. Zhou, X.-H., Li, Y.-J., Ou, J.-J., & Li, Y.-M.* (2018). Association between maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder: an updated meta-analysis. MOLECULAR AUTISM, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-018-0207-7