EDUCATION
2017, ScD, Social and Behavioral Sciences,Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2017, MS, Biostatistics,Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2013, MS, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2011, BS, Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2025-, Associate Director, Office of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Administration, Tsinghua University
2024-, Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2020-, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2017-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Supervisors: Prof. Ichiro Kawachi, Prof. Susan Redline
RESEARCH AREAS
My group is currently recruiting postdoctoral fellows and research assistants. Interested applicants are welcome to contact me via email.
Medical sociology, sleep health, health inequalities, marriage and family, quantitative methods
TEACHING
2024-, Medical Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2022-, Social Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2021-, Sleep and Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2020-, Categorical Data Analysis, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2017, Applied Regression Analysis, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
EDITORIAL POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2025-, Associate Editor, Sleep Health
2025-, New Investigator Editorial Board Member, Journal of Shandong University (Social Science Edition)
2024-, Editorial Board Member, SSM-Population Health
2021-, Advisory Editor, Social Science and Medicine
2020-, Editorial Board Member, Tsinghua Sociological Review
2025-, Committee Member, Big Data in Aging Committee, Chinese Gerontological and Geriatric Society
2025-, Member, World Sleep Society
2024-, Executive Committee Member, Health and Humanities Branch, China Association of Health Promotion and Education
2024-, Member, Chinese Society of Genetics
2024-, Committee Member, Sleep Medicine Committee, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care
2024-, Board Member, Beijing Migrant Workers Education Promotion Association
2024-, Member, Chinese Sleep Research Society
2023-, Executive Committee Member, Sleep Medicine Professional Committee, Chinese Association of Medical Education
2017-, Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research
2017-, Member, Sleep Research Society
2017-, Member, American Academy of the Sleep Medicine
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2024, Early Career Academic Leader Award, Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Foundation
2023, New Researcher Award, Tsinghua University
2022, ZJU Tang Scholar, Tsinghua University
2019, Abstract Scholarship Award, American Thoracic Society
2019, Young Investigators Research Forum Scholarship, American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation
2018, Trainee Travel Award, Sleep Research Network
2016, Andrew T. Lyman And Henry S. Grew Memorial Scholarship, Harvard University
2013-2015, Tuition Grant, Harvard Chan School of Public Health
2012,2013, Conference Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011, Marwell Fund Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011, Graduation Honor: College Graduate Excellence Award, Beijing Municipal Education Commission
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Li X, Li Y. Restricted right to disconnect: Associations of 24-hour on-call work pattern with workers’ sleep and health. Population and Development. In press (in Chinese)
Zhang S, Zhang M, Yuan Y, Li Z, Li XH, Li XY. Health risks and genetic architecture of objectively measured multidimensional sleep health. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1):7026. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62338-0
Yan X, Han F, Kawachi I, Li X. Annual medical expenditure associated with short sleep in China: estimates from a nationally representative sample. SSM - Population Health. 2025;30:101808. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101808
Hu H, Li B, Hikichi H, Kawachi I, Li X. Long-term trajectories of cognitive disability among older adults following a major disaster. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(12):e2448277. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.48277
Li X, Li Z, Tan B. Privileged upbringing, less sleep: A study on the association between family socioeconomic status and sleep among elementary and middle school students. Journal of South China Normal University (Social Science Edition). 2024; 4 (in Chinese)
Li X, Li Z. Sleep like one another: An investigation into spousal sleep concordance. Journal of Social Development. 2024; 2 (in Chinese)
Yan X, Han F, Wang H, Li Z, Kawachi I, Li X. Years of life lost due to insufficient sleep and associated economic burden in China from 2010–18. Journal of Global Health. 2024;14:04076. doi:10.7189/jogh.14.04076
Wang Y, Li B, Zhang C, Buxton OM, Redline S, Li X. Group-based sleep trajectories in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2024;75:101916. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101916
Wang Y, Zhang C, Hikichi H, Kawachi I, Li X. Longitudinal associations between disaster damage and falls/fear of falling in older adults: 9-year follow-up of survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Innovation in Aging. Published online March 1, 2023:igad020.
Li X, Haneuse S, Rueschman M, Kaplan ER, Yu X, Davison KK, Redline S, Taveras EM. Longitudinal association of actigraphy-assessed sleep with physical growth in the first 6 months of life. Sleep. 2022;45(1):zsab243.
Li X, Sotres-Alvarez D, Gallo LC, Ramos AR, Aviles-Santa L, Perreira KM, Isasi CR, Zee PC, Savin KL, Schneiderman N, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Sofer T, Daviglus M, Redline S. Associations of sleep disordered breathing and insomnia with incident hypertension and diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020.
Li X, Buxton OM, Kim Y, Haneuse S, Kawachi I. Do procrastinators get worse sleep? Cross-sectional study of US adolescents and young adults. SSM - Population Health. 2020;10:100518.
Li X*, Joehanes R*, Hoeschele I, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Levy D, Liu Y, Redline S, Sofer T. Association between sleep disordered breathing and epigenetic age acceleration: evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. EBioMedicine. 2019;50:387-394.
Li X, Aida J, Hikichi H, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Association of postdisaster depression and posttraumatic stress disorder with mortality among older disaster survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(12):e1917550-e1917550.
Li X, Kawachi I, Buxton OM, Haneuse S, Onnela J-P. Social network analysis of group position, popularity, and sleep behaviors among U.S. adolescents. Social Science & Medicine. 2019;232:417-426.
Li X, Buxton OM, Hikichi H, Haneuse S,Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I. Predictors of persistent sleep problems among older disaster survivors: a natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Sleep. 2018 July; 41(7).
