Xuan Li
DPhil student
Xuan joined Oxford Population Health in October 2024 as a DPhil student in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) and Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU) research group. He is affiliated with St Edmund Hall (known affectionately as Teddy Hall), and funded by the Clarendon Scholarship and Oxford Population Health Studentship.
His current research focuses on women’s reproductive factors and breast cancer risk in diverse populations, jointly supervised by Dr Ling Yang, Miss Christiana Kartsonaki, and Professor Gillian Reeves.
Prior to Oxford, Xuan completed his Master of Public Health at Tsinghua University's Vanke School of Public Health and earned a Bachelor's degree in Statistics and Economics from Renmin University of China.
Xuan is interested in combining interdisciplinary perspectives and methods for population health. He is also passionate about global health practice, gaining valuable experience as an international volunteer in African slums, a project management intern at UNICEF Supply Division, an advisor at the World Health Assembly, and a volunteer for the Winter Olympic Games.