Dr Sabrina Li is a spatial epidemiologist and health geographer. Her work focuses on examining the complex interactions between human health and physical, social, and built environments, with a particular focus on how environmental and social contexts shape infectious disease transmission and risk. Her current UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship aims to strengthen public health security by integrating equity into epidemic and pandemic preparedness.

Sabrina has been recognised by Forbes Magazine as one of 30 under 30 in Science and Healthcare for Europe and by the British Science Association as an Awards Lecturer in Agricultural, Biological and Medical Sciences at the British Science Festival.

Prior to joining King's, Sabrina was Associate Professor in Quantitative Geography at the University of Nottingham. She holds a DPhil in Geography from the University of Oxford, a MSc (Research) in Geography and a BASc in Environmental Engineering, both awarded by the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Research

• Equitable and scalable GeoAI mapping techniques for public health and epidemic preparedness
• Spatial and GeoAI models to identify and quantify high-risk individuals, vulnerable groups, and at-risk places
• Theoretical and methodological innovations in GeoAI systems for epidemic and pandemic preparedness through a medical/health geography lens
• Social determinants of health and the pathways through which they shape health inequalities and inequities

Further details

See Sabrina's research profile