Dr. Li was born on December 19. 1963 in New York, New York. Upon graduation from Oak Park-River Forest High School as valedictorian, she attended the University of Chicago where she received B.A. in economics (1985) and MBA (1986). She continued her studies in Princeton and was graduated M.A. in 1988 and Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs: Population Policy in 1992
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Dr. Rose Maria Li is President and CEO of Rose Li and Associates, Inc. a professional services company dedicated to innovative yet sensible research policy development, program management, and issues analysis approaches. She was most recently a Senior Manager in Science Management and Research Administration with the Constella Group, Inc. (formerly Analytical Sciences, Inc. or ASI).
Dr. Li has over a decade of NIH experience, having served in a number of capacities, including as Special Assistant for Policy Development with the NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison, as Chief of the Population and Social Processes Branch in the Behavioral and Social Research Program at NIA, and as Health Scientist Administrator with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). . She has been successful in developing and coordinating consortia of Federal agencies to support large national research efforts, and has substantial experience in navigating the NIH grants funding processes and procedures.
Dr. Li has contributed to science policy development activities on behalf of a number of NIH offices, including in the areas of information quality, data sharing, conflict of interest, and certificates of confidentiality. Dr. Li's accomplishment in science policy development is grounded in a solid scientific foundation, diverse areas of competence, and an intellectual curiosity to understand issues in greater depth. As examples, Dr. Li was the primary author of the NIH Guidelines for Information Quality, a document that served as the model for other DHHS agencies in meeting the directive--Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies--issued in 2001 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for which all Federal agencies must be in compliance by October 1, 2002. She was also responsible for producing both the executive summary and full meeting summary from the day long Conflict of Interest Workshop held at NIH. Dr. Li also assists the National Institute on Aging on a number of projects. She has been the Staff Director for the NIA Health and Retirement Study Monitoring Committee since May 2002, and the Staff Director for the NIA National Long Term Care Study (NLTCS) Monitoring Committee since March 2003.
Dr. Li's professional and other activities include President, The Li Educational Foundation (1998- ); Fellow, Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation (1999; Executive Board Member, Organization of Chinese American Women (1995-1999), Alumni Interviewer , The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1995- ); Speaker in honor of D. Gale Johnson upon his receipt of the Norman MacLean Fauclty Award (1998); Speaker, Eightieth Annual Recognition Scholarship Convocation Address (1995); Session Organizer of Population Association of America (1997, 2003)3; Session Organizer and Chair, Southern Demographic Association (1999); Board of Directors, Southern Demographic Association (1999-2002).
Dr. Li has published and delivered numerous papers and lectures. Her latest contributions include "Privacy at what cost to health research? What demographers need to know about the new privacy rule?" at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (2003) and "Women's economic characteristics and financial security in Asia" (co-author) i n Kalyani Mehta, ed. Untapped resources: women in againg societies across Asia.
Dr. Li is married to Dr. Albert Lee, a scientist with the Department of Commerce.