Dr Tong Li is a Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellow at The Daffodil Centre. Her research began in breast imaging and had since transitioned to population health and real-world breast screening studies, with a strong focus on health equity and understudied populations. Her career aspiration is to become a world-leading breast cancer researcher, with dedicated and in-depth expertise in cancer screening, population health, and breast imaging, ensuring the optimisation of early detection of breast cancer through high-quality, policy-relevant evidence. She leverages a strong foundation of research excellence, established research partnerships, growing leadership, and a robust commitment to breast cancer screening research to improve cancer outcomes for all women, including understudied and underserved populations such as women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Dr Li has authored 60+ peer-reviewed publications across nine disciplines. Of these, over 60% are published in SJR Q1 journals such as JAMA Oncology, British Journal of Cancer, and European Journal of Radiology. Notably, 42% of her publications involve international collaborators, double the global average of 21%. Her research has been cited across 60+ countries and 23 subjects. According to Expertscape, she ranks in the top 0.5% and 1.8% of published authors worldwide in Mammography and Breast Density, respectively. In recognition of her research contributions, she was named as a Sage Voice of Academic and nominated to full membership of the Scientific Research Honor Society, Sigma Xi, in 2025.
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