Wen Li

Professor Wen Li, MD, is Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Physician and Director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Honors and professional appointments

• Leading Talent in Shanghai; Outstanding Specialist in Shanghai
• Member of the International Society of Fertility Preservation (ISFP)
• Board Member of the Asian Society of Fertility Preservation (ASFP)
• Chairman of the Fertility Preservation Branch of the Chinese Maternal and Child Health Association (CSFP)
• President of the Reproductive Physicians Branch of the Shanghai Medical Doctor Association
• Expert Bank Member for Assisted Reproductive Technology Management in China
• Deputy Director of the Committee on Eugenics and Assisted Reproduction of the Chinese Association for Improving Birth Outcome and Child Development
• Board Member of the Committee of Reproductive Medicine of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association
• Standing Committee Member of the Reproductive Medicine Branch and Obstetrics and Gynecology Branch of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine
• Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Developmental Medicine
• Recipient of post allowances for Outstanding Military Technical Personnel

Research profile

Professor Li's research mainly focuses on fertility preservation and reproductive medicine. She has led more than 12 national and provincial research projects with total funding of approximately RMB 13 million, including projects under the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has published more than 60 academic papers in Chinese and international journals, including Nature Communications, iScience and Cell Death & Disease; is chief editor of three monographs and co-editor of eight; and has led the preparation of three expert consensus papers in reproductive medicine, including the Chinese Expert Consensus on Clinical Practice of Female Fertility Preservation.

She received the First Prize of the Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award, Military Medical Achievement awards, and Military/Shanghai Scientific and Technological Progress awards, and holds two national invention patents. In 2016 she led the team that achieved the world's first live birth using MALBAC-PGD technology to prevent the transmission of polycystic kidney disease; in 2019 she led the team that achieved China's first live birth following healthy ovarian-tissue cryopreservation.