Email: dan-li@ouhsc.edu
Dr. Dan Li is an Associate Professor of Health Promotion Sciences in the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences. She is a National Certified Counselor, a Licensed School Counselor (K-12) in North Carolina, and a Co-Director of the Children’s Environmental Health Center in the U.S. Southern Great Plains. Dr. Li earned her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation and Counselor Education, with a minor in Applied Statistics, from the University of Iowa in 2018.
Her primary research focuses on mental health promotion, particularly in K-12 schools, with a strong commitment to serving minority and marginalized communities and addressing mental health disparities. Her earlier work examined the training and supervision of school counselors and clinical mental health counselors to improve mental health outcomes. Currently, Dr. Li emphasizes the profound connection between mental and physical health, a focus evident in her interdisciplinary collaborations.
Her recent projects include promoting mental health in underserved K-12 schools through the training of school counselors and clinical mental health counselors (supported by the U.S. Department of Education) and investigating the cumulative health impacts of chemical and non-chemical stressors on children’s development and school absenteeism (funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). She is also actively engaged in interdisciplinary initiatives focused on enhancing school and community resilience, supported by the National Science Foundation and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
