Chiang-Shan Ray Li

Chiang-Shan Ray Li is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Yale University School of Medicine. He holds a MD from National Taiwan University and a PhD from California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on systems neuroscience, particularly the neural bases of cognition and psychiatric illnesses like addiction. Key areas include reward circuits, pain avoidance learning, and functional connectivity in conditions such as schizophrenia and alcohol use disorders.

Education

• MD, National Taiwan University, Medicine (1989)
• PhD, California Institute of Technology, Computation and Neural Systems (1996)
• Residency, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (2001)

Research Interests

Systems neuroscience

Neural mechanisms of addiction and psychiatric disorders

Functional neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG)

Cognitive processes like self-control and affect regulation

Neurobiology of reward and punishment

Articles Trends Recent work emphasizes alcohol use severity, hypothalamic connectivity, and schizophrenia symptom networks. Studies integrate behavioral, neuroimaging, and genetic data to identify biomarkers for psychiatric conditions.

Awards

• Fellow, International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2019)
• Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2016)
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2016)

Advising & Grants

Principal Investigator for NIH-funded studies on sleep and smoking relapse mechanisms

Co-leads clinical trials on brain imaging and addiction biomarkers

Mentor for postdocs and graduate students in neuroscience and psychiatry

Labs/Teams

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Neural Disorders Research Group

Yale Ventures (translational research)