Ruoyu Li serves as director of the Department of Dermatology at Peking University First Hospital, director of the Beijing Skin Disease Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, director of the Skin Disease Prevention and Control Center at Peking University, and associate director of the Mycology and Mycological Diseases Research Institute at Peking University in Beijing, China.
Dr Li is involved in numerous professional organizations: she is currently the president of the China Dermatologist Association; standing committee member of the Chinese Society of Dermatology of the Chinese Medical Association; and past chair of the Dermatology Committee of the Beijing Medical Association, among others.
Dr Li has tremendously advanced China’s progress in the field of mycology and has received recognitions from China’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education for her contributions in medical research and education. Her research on non-culture diagnosis has improved diagnostic practices and standardized diagnosis of mycological infections in China. She has also helped to establish an in-vitro monitoring system for antifungal therapy. Some resistance strains were isolated through the monitoring, and the mechanisms were further investigated.