Peng Li PhD

Peng Li PhD
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor (P), Nursing Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care , Nursing Academic Affairs 2018 -
Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Diabetes Center , School of Medicine 2018 -
Associate Scientist (C), Center for Women's Reproductive Health , General Clinical Research Center 2019 -
Associate Scientist (C), Nutrition Obesity Res Center (NORC) , Nutrition Sciences Research 2019 -
Associate Scientist (C), Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) , General Clinical Research Center 2020 -

Overview

Dr. Li's major research interest includes design, management, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials, epidemiologic studies and evaluation research, with particular expertise in cluster-randomized trials. He has broad collaborative experience with researchers from multidiscipline including clinicians and biologists, involving in study design, power and sample size calculation, data management and analysis.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2020	Effectiveness of Combined Behavioral and Drug Therapy for Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Men: A Randomized Clinical Trial 2020
2020	Implications of Atrial Fibrillation Among Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery 2020
2020	Nuclear receptor binding factor 2 (NRBF2) is required for learning and memory 2020
2019	Serum miR-204 is an early biomarker of type 1 diabetes-associated pancreatic beta-cell loss 2019
2019	Outcomes of Gastrointestinal cancers treated on Phase 1 clinical trials at O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center 2019
2019	Ethnic differences in the root to crown ratios of the permanent dentition 2019
2019	Phase 1b trial of nintedanib in combination with bevacizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors 2019
2019	Best (but oft-forgotten) practices: Missing data methods in randomized controlled nutrition trials 2019
2019	Illustration of Measurement Error Models for Reducing Bias in Nutrition and Obesity Research Using 2-D Body Composition Data 2019
2019	Kilocalorie expenditure and all-cause mortality in older male veterans and nonveterans 2019
2019	Long-Term Postoperative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Analysis of Secondary Bone Grafting in 79 Patients With Unrepaired Alveolar Clefts 2019
2019	Preoperative hematocrit on early prosthetic joint infection and deep venous thrombosis rates in primary total hip arthroplasty: A database study 2019
2018	Effects of Indoor Thermal Environment on Human Food Intake, Productivity, and Comfort: Pilot, Randomized, Crossover Trial 2018
2018	Impact of time to surgery from injury on postoperative infection and deep vein thrombosis in periprosthetic knee fractures 2018
2018	Late-life targeting of the IGF-1 receptor improves healthspan and lifespan in female mice 2018
2018	Verapamil and beta cell function in adults with recent-onset type 1 diabetes 2018
2018	Featured article: Evaluating smartphone-based virtual reality to improve Chinese schoolchildren's pedestrian safety: A nonrandomized trial 2018
2018	Impact of operative time on early joint infection and deep vein thrombosis in primary total hip arthroplasty 2018
2018	Impact of operative time on early joint infection and deep vein thrombosis in primary total hip arthroplasty 2018
2018	Randomization to randomization probability: Estimating treatment effects under actual conditions of use 2018
2018	Evaluation of a Multimodal, Direct-to-Patient Educational Intervention Targeting Barriers to Osteoporosis Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial 2018
2018	Generalized lambda distribution for flexibly testing differences beyond the mean in the distribution of a dependent variable such as body mass index 2018
2018	A Comment on Scherr et al “A Multicomponent, School-Based Intervention, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, Improves Nutrition-Related Outcomes” 2018
2018	Early progressive feeding in extremely preterm infants: A randomized trial 2018
2018	MicroRNA-145 antagonism reverses TGF-b inhibition of F508del CFTR correction in airway Epithelia 2018
2018	Cutaneous neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis type I: A quantitative natural history study 2018
2018	Case series on multimodal endoscopic therapy for gastric antral vascular ectasia, a tertiary center experience. 2018
2017	Obesity as defined by waist circumference but not body mass index is associated with higher renal mass complexity 2017
2017	Evaluating Otto the Auto: Does engagement in an interactivewebsite improve young children’s transportation safety? 2017
2017	Current guidelines for chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: Room for improvement? 2017
2017	A SEER Database Analysis of the Survival Advantage of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Underutilized Therapy 2017
2017	Current guidelines for chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma. Room for improvement? 2017
2016	Evaluating a website to teach children safety with dogs: A randomized controlled trial 2016
2016	Observational research rigour alone does not justify causal inference 2016
2016	Improved Postoperative Survival for Intraductal-Growth Subtype of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. 2016
2016	Improved postoperative survival for intraductal- growth subtype of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma 2016
2016	Body Mass Index Predicts 24-Hour Urinary Aldosterone Levels in Patients with Resistant Hypertension 2016
2016	The effects of urate lowering therapy on inflammation, endothelial function, and blood pressure (SURPHER) study design and rationale 2016
2016	The importance of prediction model validation and assessment in obesity and nutrition research 2016
2016	Common scientific and statistical errors in obesity research 2016
2016	Unsubstantiated conclusions from improper statistical design and analysis of a randomized controlled trial. 2016
2015	Multiple imputation: A flexible tool for handling missing data 2015
2015	Corrigendum: Warm Ambient Temperature Decreases Food Intake in a Simulated Office Setting: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Frontiers in Nutrition, (2015), 2, (20), 10.3389/fnut.2015.00020) 2015
2015	Warm Ambient Temperature Decreases Food Intake in a Simulated Office Setting: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial 2015
2015	Comparing denominator degrees of freedom approximations for the generalized linear mixed model in analyzing binary outcome in small sample cluster-randomized trials 2015
2015	Letter to the Editor: Exceptional Data in Paper on "The effect of meridian massage on BM, BMI, WC and HC in simple obesity patients: a randomized controlled trial". 2015
2015	Best (but oft-forgotten) practices: Designing, analyzing, and reporting cluster randomized controlled trials 2015
2015	Comment on "intervention Effects of a School-Based Health Promotion Programme on Obesity Related Behavioural Outcomes" 2015
2015	Comment on "school-based obesity prevention intervention in chilean children: Effective in controlling, but not reducing obesity" 2015
2015	Concerning Sichieri R, Cunha DB: Obes Facts 2014;7:221-232. the assertion that controlling for baseline (pre-randomization) covariates in randomized controlled trials leads to bias is false 2015
2015	Correction of data errors and reanalysis of "The effect of glucomannan on body weight in overweight or obese children and adults: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials" 2015
2015	Refractory hypertension: Evidence of heightened sympathetic activity as a cause of antihypertensive treatment failure 2015
2015	Small sample performance of bias-corrected sandwich estimators for cluster-randomized trials with binary outcomes 2015
2014	Genetic association analysis of 30 genes related to obesity in a European American population 2014
2013	Endothelial cells overexpressing IL-8 receptor reduce cardiac remodeling and dysfunction following myocardial infarction 2013
2012	Endothelial cells overexpressing interleukin-8 receptors reduce inflammatory and neointimal responses to arterial injury 2012
2011	Hypoxia induces downregulation of PPAR-γ in isolated pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells and in rat lung via transforming growth factor-β signaling 2011
2011	cGMP inhibits TGF-β signaling by sequestering Smad3 with cytosolic β2-tubulin in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells 2011
2011	Transforming growth factor-β inhibits myocardial PPARγ expression in pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis and remodeling in mice 2011
2010	Inhibition of transforming growth factor-β signaling induces left ventricular dilation and dysfunction in the pressure-overloaded heart 2010
2008	Atrial natriuretic peptide inhibits transforming growth factor β-induced Smad signaling and myofibroblast transformation in mouse cardiac fibroblasts 2008
2008	Role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in newborn mouse lungs under hypoxic conditions 2008
2007	ANP signaling inhibits TGF-β-induced Smad2 and Smad3 nuclear translocation and extracellular matrix expression in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells 2007
2007	Endothelin-1 Mediates Hypoxia-Induced Increases in Vascular Collagen in the Newborn Mouse Lung 2007
2006	Eplerenone prevents adverse cardiac remodelling induced by pressure overload in atrial natriuretic peptide-null mice 2006
2006	Atrial natriuretic peptide-dependent modulation of hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling 2006
2006	Dominant negative mutation of the TGF-β eceptor blocks hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling 2006
2004	Hypoxia-responsive growth factors upregulate periostin and osteopontin expression via distinct signaling pathways in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells 2004
2003	Fibroblast growth factor mediates hypoxia-induced endothelin-A receptor expression in lung artery smooth muscle cells 2003
2003	Effects of pressure overload on extracellular matrix expression in the heart of the atrial natriuretic peptide-null mouse 2003

Chapter

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	Multiple Imputation: A Flexible Tool for Handling Missing Data 2019
2004	Pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension: evidence from animal models to man 2004