Mengyi graduated with a B.S. degree in nutrition science from University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MPH in Epidemiology from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Mengyi worked as chronic disease epidemiologist at Kansas Department of Health and Environment for three years. Currently, Mengyi is a pre-doctoral candidate in epidemiology advised by Dr. Akira Sekikawa at the University of Pittsburgh.

Mengyi’s research interests center around the etiology of cardiovascular diseases and aging. Currently, Mengyi is interested in how modifiable factors (diet, etc.) could affect cardiovascular function and chronic disease progression. Mengyi is also looking forward to exploring clinical trials and pharmacoepidemiology. 

Select presentations

• Mengyi Li. Association between Diabetes and Tooth Loss, 2018 Kansas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Presented at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference, June 13-17, 2021. 

• Mengyi Li, Lainey Faulkner. Encouraging Health and Wellness Outside Clinic Walls: Supporting Patients with Arthritis After Physical Therapy Through Evidence-Based Community Programs. Presented at Kansas Physical Therapist Association, March 6, 2020. 

Select publications 

• Mengyi Li. Diabetes Mortality in Kansas, 2017. Kansas Health Statistics Report. Nov 2019; 82.