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Audrey Li, MD

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

Infectious Diseases

MD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
AB, Princeton University

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I'm currently an infectious disease attending physician at Boston Medical Center, with rank of assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine. My passions are in health inequities, health justice, and care for the underserved. I have a special interest in the interface of infectious diseases and addiction medicine, both clinically and in terms of research and advocacy.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

2014-2016 Downstate Dialogues, Brooklyn, NY
Organized “White Coat Die-In” demonstration covered by local news to raise awareness about racism in medicine. Facilitated monthly dialogue group to host conversations about health inequities and social determinants of health. Topics included the role of healthcare professionals in activism, implicit bias, narrative medicine workshops, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, etc. Organized Power and Privilege workshops for new medical student orientation (required for all students). Role: Founder/President

2015 Letter to Surgeon General, New York, NY
National open letter drafted by 5 NYC-area medical students calling upon the Surgeon General to address structural violence and racism as public health issues. Garnered 1,000+ signatures from medical students around the country. Initiated conversations with Surgeon General’s office on how to move forward with these issues. Role: Co-Writer/Organizer

2020 Boston Trainee Physicians 4 Black Lives, Boston, MA
Created and circulated messaging group for Boston-area residents and fellows to rapidly mobilize in support of anti-racist actions and protests, ultimately with 200+ members. Hosted and organized weekly e meetings and connected individuals to facilitate in-hospital solidarity efforts and coordination of similar asks across institutions. Role: Founder/Organizer

2020-2021 White Coats 4 Black Lives at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Organized BIDMC-specific trainees to increase anti-racist efforts at our institution. Coorganized hospital network-wide solidarity event with 200+ in-person attendees and 900+ Zoom attendees to affirm Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH)’s recognition of racism as a public health crisis and commitment to anti-racist action. Advocated for transparency and increase in recruitment of candidates who are under-represented in medicine (UiM), building pipelines via mentorship efforts. Coordinated curricular change which grew into the internal medicine residency’s Social Justice Pathway. Created lending library of anti-racist texts for internal medicine housestaff. Increased support of local BIPOC-owned restaurants by advocating for 20% of residency lunches to be purchased from these institutions. Role: Co-founder

2022 Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Revamped Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page for fellowship website. Role: Author

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Rowley CF & Li A. “Opioid Use Disorder and Endocarditis.” In B Norton (Ed.). The Opioid Epidemic and Infectious Diseases, 1e. Elsevier. New York. 2021; 125-160.

Li A, Rosenthal ES, Rapoport AB, Rowley CF. Opioid use disorder and infectious complications in persons who inject drugs. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2020; 58(2):4-11. PMID: 32073421; DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0000000000000276;

Eilertson B, Chen L, Li A, Chavda KD, Chavda B, Kreiswirth BN. CG258 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates without ß-lactam resistance at the onset of the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae epidemic in New York City. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Jan 01; 74(1):17-21. PMID: 30272172; PMCID: PMC6293082; DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky394;

French AS, Li AW, Meisner S, Torkkeli PH. Upstream open reading frames and Kozak regions of assembled transcriptome sequences from the spider Cupiennius salei. Selection or chance? Gene. 2014 Apr 15; 539(2):203-8. PMID: 24530309

O'Blenes SB, Li AW, Chen R, Arora RC, Horackova M. Engraftment is optimal when myoblasts are transplanted early: the role of hepatocyte growth factor. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Mar; 89(3):829-35. PMID: 20172138

Baguma-Nibasheka M, Barclay C, Li AW, Geldenhuys L, Porter GA, Blay J, Casson AG, Murphy PR. Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition suppresses basic fibroblast growth factor expression in human esophageal adenocarcinoma. Mol Carcinog. 2007 Dec; 46(12):971-80. PMID: 17477358

Baguma-Nibasheka M, Li AW, Murphy PR. The fibroblast growth factor-2 antisense gene inhibits nuclear accumulation of FGF-2 and delays cell cycle progression in C6 glioma cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2007 Mar 15; 267(1-2):127-36. PMID: 17306451

Barclay C, Li AW, Geldenhuys L, Baguma-Nibasheka M, Porter GA, Veugelers PJ, Murphy PR, Casson AG. Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) overexpression is a risk factor for esophageal cancer recurrence and reduced survival, which is ameliorated by coexpression of the FGF-2 antisense gene. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Nov 01; 11(21):7683-91. PMID: 16278388

Baguma-Nibasheka M, Li AW, Osman MS, Geldenhuys L, Casson AG, Too CK, Murphy PR. Coexpression and regulation of the FGF-2 and FGF antisense genes in leukemic cells. Leuk Res. 2005 Apr; 29(4):423-33. PMID: 15725477

Yamada M, Li AW, West KA, Chang CH, Wall JR. Experimental model for ophthalmopathy in BALB/c and outbred (CD-1) mice genetically immunized with G2s and the thyrotropin receptor. Autoimmunity. 2002 Sep; 35(6):403-13. PMID: 12568121

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