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Meng Li, Ph.D.

​Assistant Professor 

Curriculum Vitae​

Email: ​Meng Li​
Office Location: Administration Building 280G
Phone: (303) 556-6971
Fax: (303) 556-8501
Office hours: By appointment
Areas of Expertise:​ Decision making, social psychology, framing, health policy ​

​Ph.D., Social Psychology, Rutgers University, 2012

M.S., Social Psychology, Rutgers University, 2008 

M.S., Basic Medical Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005

B.S. Clinical Medicine (MD equivalent), Beijing University Health Science Center, 2002​

​Dr. Li’s research utilizes theories and findings from psychology and behavioral economics to promote public health. One theme of her research examines public opinions about how to allocate scarce health resources, such as vaccines and organ transplants, and how we can influence such opinions with small changes in the description of allocation policies. Another theme of her research explores how people’s decision biases can be used to encourage healthy behavior, such as vaccination and healthy diet. 

Li, M. & Chapman, G.B. (In press) Nudge to Health: Harnessing decision research to promote health behavior. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Li, M. & Chapman, G.B. (In press) Instrumental and Ideational Bases for the Naturalness Bias. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Chapman, G.B., Li, M., Vietri, J.T., Ibuka, Y., Thomas, D., Yoon, H. & Galvani, A. (2012). Using game theory to examine incentives in influenza vaccination behavior. Psychological Science. 23(9), 1008-1015. doi: 10.1177/0956797612437606

Vietri, J., Li, M., Galvani, A.P. & Chapman, G.B. (2012) Vaccinating to help ourselves and others. Medical Decision Making 32, 447-458. doi: 10.1177/0272989X11427762

Li, M., Chapman, G.B., Ibuka, Y., Myers, L. A. & Galvani, A.P. (2012) Who got vaccinated against H1N1 pandemic flu?—A longitudinal study in four U.S. cities. Psychology and Health, 27 (1),101-115. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2011.554833

Vietri, J., Chapman, G.B., Li, M. & Galvani, A.P. (2011) Preferences for HPV vaccination in parent-child dyads: Similarity and acknowledged difference. Preventive Medicine, 52, 405-406. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.03.002

Li, M., Vietri, J., Galvani, A. P. & Chapman, G. B. (2010). How do people value life? Psychological Science, 21 (2), 163-167. doi:10.3758/PBR.16.1.156

Chapman, G. B, Li, M., Colby, H., Yoon, H. (2010). Opting in versus opting out of Influenza vaccination. Journal of the American Medical Association, 304(1), 43-44. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.892

Ibuka, Y., Chapman, G.B., Meyers, L. A., Li, M., & Galvani, A.P. (2010). The Dynamics of Risk Perceptions and Precautionary Behavior in Response to 2009 (H1N1) Pandemic Influenza. BMC Infectious Diseases,10:296. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-296

Bauch, C. T., Li, M., Chapman, G. B. & Galvani, A. P. (2010). Adherence to cervical screening in the era of HPV vaccination: How low is too low?  Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10, 133-137. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70004-9

Li, M., & Chapman, G.B. (2009). "100% of anything looks good": The appeal of one hundred percent. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 156-162. doi: 10.3758/PBR.16.1.156

Li, M., Eipers, P.G., Ni, N. & Morrow, C.D. (2006). HIV-1 designed to use different tRNAGln isoacceptors prefers to select tRNAThr for replication. Virology Journal, 3:80. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-3-80           ​

​PBHL 3030: Health Policy​