
Josephine Huang Li MD
Diabetes
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
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MGH Diabetes Center50 Staniford St #340Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-8722
Fax+1 617-724-8534
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Summary
- Dr. Li is an endocrinologist in the Diabetes Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School. She received her medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and her endocrinology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Li specializes in treating endocrine disorders with a focus on diabetes. She conducts research on the genetic predictors of response to glucose-lowering medications for type 2 diabetes.
Education & Training
- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2017 - 2020
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2017
- Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2014, MD
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 2014 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Clinical Trials
- GLUCOSE-MGH: Genetic Links Understood Through Challenge With Oral Semaglutide Exposure at MGH Start of enrollment: 2024 Mar 12
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Author Correction: Rare variant analyses in 51,256 type 2 diabetes cases and 370,487 controls reveal the pathogenicity spectrum of monogenic diabetes genes.Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Philip Schroeder, Ravi Mandla, Jiang Li, Lowri Morris
Nature Genetics. 2025-03-25 - Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring Through Empowering Primary Care: A Joint Endocrinology-Primary Care Quality Improvement Project.Kristen L Flint, Madeline Fiore, Angela Justice, Jarra Carney, Caitlin A Colling
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025-03-03 - Towards Scalable Biomarker Discovery in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Triangulating Genomic and Phenotypic Evidence from a Health System Biobank.Younga Heather Lee, Yingzhe Zhang, Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice, Josephine H Li, Justin D Tubbs
Medrxiv. 2025-02-28
Press Mentions
- Genetic Variants May Affect Treatment Response to Commonly Prescribed Type 2 Diabetes MedicationJune 3rd, 2023
- Genetic Variation Linked to Treatment Response to Commonly Prescribed Type 2 Diabetes MedicationJune 5th, 2023
Grant Support
- Elucidating the pharmacogenetics of the response to GLP-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetesMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2022–2027
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Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
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