Overview
Background
Dr Ming Li commenced with UQ’s School of Public Health in Jan 2024 as a Senior Research Fellow in cancer research under Prof Gail Garvey leading The First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research (FNCWR) program after a 16-year research in chronic disease epidemiology at University of South Australia. Her research is focused on understanding the impact of social and environmental factors on health-related behaviours and health conditions such as overweight and obesity, metabolic disorders, and cancer in children and adolescents and adults from different cultures in both developing and developed countries.
Ming has worked on projects on diabetes and cancer among the first nations peoples in the spectrum of prevention, treatment, complications and survival using linked data at national, state, and local level. Her research has a profound impact on developing guidelines, clinical practice, health policy, and health education. Ming has established sustained international and national collaborations and successful completion of master’s and PhD programs.
Ming is an overseas trained medical doctor and a high achiever at her PhD program and has received extensive training in epidemiological research methodology, nutritional epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, health education and promotion, social medical science at the University of Newcastle. Her multidisciplinary training provides the foundation for exploring the pathways of cancer and other chronic diseases and for developing effective approaches in tackling these health risks and improving the wellbeing of First Nations peoples.
Ming is working on funded projects including Healthy Hearts, CostMod, Canco, Synergy, and Blood Cancer with a growing passionate team comprised of PhD students and early to mid-career researchers.
Availability
- Dr Ming Li is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Public Health (Community Nutrition), University of Newcastle
- Honorary Academic, Ming Li, Ming Li
Research interests
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The assessment of environmental and behavioural factors associated with mental health among school-aged children and adolescents- a global perspective
This is a expansion of our current PhD project "The impact of lifestyle factors on health risks among children and adolescents".
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An Investigation of cancer screen-treatment-survival pathway using population-based linked data
Quantitative approach is to be applied using linked administrative health data.
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Disparity in access to health service and its cost between Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients diagnosed with cancers
Inequalities and financial toxicity among cancer patients is to be explored using population-based administrative health data
Research impacts
The comprehensive assessment and exploration of overweight and obesity in Xi'an City has provided the evidence for the development of health promotion strategies, health education at multidementional level such as government, community, school, and family and invidual levels.
The nutrition epidemiological research outputs using China Health and Nutriton Survey data on the association between food, food group, dietary pattern and health risks including overweight/obesity, diabetes, CVD, and cognitive impairment have been integreted into the China Nutrition Guidelines including balaced diet, moderate egg consumption, nuts intake ect.
The research on breast cancer in Australia and China are linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, helping to tackle some f the worlds's greatest chanllenges in the breast cancer, and the China medical insurance policy.
The project using 15-year follow up study among 23 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities in North Queensland illustrated lifestyle, nutrition status, diabetes and its complications, and gaps in health services, other studies evaluated the impact of Indigenous community health worker in helping to improve the health of our Indigenous people.
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Iron-related dietary pattern increases the risk of poor cognition
Shi, Zumin, El-Obeid, Tahra, Li, Ming, Xu, Xiaoyue and Liu, Jianghong (2019). Iron-related dietary pattern increases the risk of poor cognition. Nutrition Journal, 18 (1) 48. doi: 10.1186/s12937-019-0476-9
2019
Journal Article
Pre-diagnostic colonoscopies reduce cancer mortality-results from linked population-based data in South Australia
Li, Ming, Olver, Ian, Keefe, Dorothy, Holden, Carol, Worthley, Dan, Price, Timothy, Karapetis, Christos, Miller, Caroline, Powell, Kate, Buranyi-Trevarton, Dianne, Fusco, Kellie and Roder, David (2019). Pre-diagnostic colonoscopies reduce cancer mortality-results from linked population-based data in South Australia. BMC Cancer, 19 (1) 856, 856. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-6092-4
2019
Journal Article
Aboriginal women have a higher risk of cervical abnormalities at screening; South Australia, 1993-2016
Li, Ming, Roder, David, Whop, Lisa J., Diaz, Abbey, Baade, Peter D., Brotherton, Julia M. L., Canfell, Karen, Cunningham, Joan, Garvey, Gail, Moore, Suzanne P., O'Connell, Dianne L., Valery, Patricia C. and Condon, John R. (2019). Aboriginal women have a higher risk of cervical abnormalities at screening; South Australia, 1993-2016. Journal of Medical Screening, 26 (2), 104-112. doi: 10.1177/0969141318810719
2019
Journal Article
High chili intake and cognitive function among 4582 adults: an open cohort study over 15 years
Shi, Zumin, El-Obeid, Tahra, Riley, Malcolm, Li, Ming, Page, Amanda and Liu, Jianghong (2019). High chili intake and cognitive function among 4582 adults: an open cohort study over 15 years. Nutrients, 11 (5) 1183, 1183. doi: 10.3390/nu11051183
2019
Journal Article
A prospective association of nut consumption with cognitive function in Chinese adults aged 55+_ China health and nutrition survey
Li, Ming and Shi, Z. (2019). A prospective association of nut consumption with cognitive function in Chinese adults aged 55+_ China health and nutrition survey. Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging, 23 (2), 211-216. doi: 10.1007/s12603-018-1122-5
2019
Journal Article
Human papillomavirus infection and intrauterine growth restriction: a data-linkage study
Ford, Judith Helen, Li, Ming, Scheil, Wendy and Roder, David (2019). Human papillomavirus infection and intrauterine growth restriction: a data-linkage study. The Journal of Maternal - Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 32 (2), 279-285. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1378330
2019
Conference Publication
Fast-food consumption and its association with diabetes and impaired glucose control in Chinese adults-The China Health and Nutrition Survey
Li, Ming and Shi, Zumin (2019). Fast-food consumption and its association with diabetes and impaired glucose control in Chinese adults-The China Health and Nutrition Survey. Asian Congress of Nutrition 2019, Bali, Indonesia, 4-7 August 2019. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger.
2019
Conference Publication
Early-life exposure to Chinese famine not associated with dietary intake in adulthood - results from China Health and Nutrition Survey
Li, Ming and Shi, Zumin (2019). Early-life exposure to Chinese famine not associated with dietary intake in adulthood - results from China Health and Nutrition Survey. Asian Congress of Nutrition 2019, Bali, Indonesia, 4-7 August 2019. Basel, Switzerland: KARGER.
2019
Journal Article
High iron intake is associated with poor cognition among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults
Shi, Zumin, Li, Ming, Wang, Youfa, Liu, Jianghong and El-Obeid, Tahra (2019). High iron intake is associated with poor cognition among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 109 (1), 109-116. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy254
2019
Journal Article
Dietary vitamin and carotenoid intake and risk of age-related cataract
Jiang, Hong, Yin, Yue, Wu, Chang-Rui, Liu, Yan, Guo, Fang, Li, Ming and Ma, Le (2019). Dietary vitamin and carotenoid intake and risk of age-related cataract. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 109 (1), 43-54. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy270
2018
Journal Article
Diabetes and smoking as predictors of cancer in Indigenous adults from rural and remote communities of North Queensland - a 15-year follow up study
Li, Ming, Roder, David and McDermott, Robyn (2018). Diabetes and smoking as predictors of cancer in Indigenous adults from rural and remote communities of North Queensland - a 15-year follow up study. International Journal of Cancer, 143 (5), 1054-1061. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31403
2018
Journal Article
Has cancer survival improved for older people as for younger people? New South Wales, 1980-2012
Li, Ming, Morrell, Stephen, Creighton, Nicola, Tervonen, Hanna, You, Hui, Roder, David and Currow, David (2018). Has cancer survival improved for older people as for younger people? New South Wales, 1980-2012. Cancer Epidemiology, 55, 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.04.014
2017
Journal Article
Dietary pattern during 1991-2011 and its association with cardio metabolic risks in Chinese adults: the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Li, Ming and Shi, Zumin (2017). Dietary pattern during 1991-2011 and its association with cardio metabolic risks in Chinese adults: the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Nutrients, 9 (11) 1218, 1218. doi: 10.3390/nu9111218
2017
Journal Article
Validation and recalibration of the Framingham cardiovascular disease risk models in an Australian Indigenous cohort
Hua, Xinyang, McDermott, Robyn, Lung, Thomas, Wenitong, Mark, Tran-Duy, An, Li, Ming and Clarke, Philip (2017). Validation and recalibration of the Framingham cardiovascular disease risk models in an Australian Indigenous cohort. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 24 (15), 1660-1669. doi: 10.1177/2047487317722913
2017
Journal Article
Elevated fasting glucose and albuminuria may be a marker for all-cause mortality in Indigenous adults in North Queensland - a follow up study, 1998-2006
Li, Ming and McDermott, Robyn (2017). Elevated fasting glucose and albuminuria may be a marker for all-cause mortality in Indigenous adults in North Queensland - a follow up study, 1998-2006. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 31 (4), 708-714. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.12.008
2016
Journal Article
High absolute risk of severe infections among Indigenous adults in rural northern Australia is amplified by diabetes - a 7 year follow up study
Li, Ming and McDermott, Robyn (2016). High absolute risk of severe infections among Indigenous adults in rural northern Australia is amplified by diabetes - a 7 year follow up study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 30 (6), 1069-1073. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.04.022
2016
Conference Publication
Diabetes predicting albuminuria incidence in Australian indigenous adults from rural and remote communities: 7 year follow up study
Li, M. and McDermott, R. (2016). Diabetes predicting albuminuria incidence in Australian indigenous adults from rural and remote communities: 7 year follow up study. 52nd Annual Meeting of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-Diabetes (EASD), Munich Germany, Sep 12-16, 2016. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
2015
Journal Article
Albuminuria and its associated biomedical factors among indigenous adults in Far North Queensland: a 7-year follow up study
Li, Ming and McDermott, Robyn (2015). Albuminuria and its associated biomedical factors among indigenous adults in Far North Queensland: a 7-year follow up study. BMC Nephrology, 16 (1) 208, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0200-8
2015
Journal Article
Obesity, albuminuria, and gamma-glutamyl transferase predict incidence of hypertension in indigenous Australians in rural and remote communities in northern Australia
Li, Ming and McDermott, Robyn (2015). Obesity, albuminuria, and gamma-glutamyl transferase predict incidence of hypertension in indigenous Australians in rural and remote communities in northern Australia. Journal of Hypertension, 33 (4), 704-710. doi: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000462
2015
Journal Article
Smoking, poor nutrition, and sexually transmitted infections associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in remote North Queensland Indigenous communities, 1998-2005
Li, Ming and McDermott, Robyn (2015). Smoking, poor nutrition, and sexually transmitted infections associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in remote North Queensland Indigenous communities, 1998-2005. BMC Women's Health, 15 (1) 31, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0188-z
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