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Professor Weizi Li serves as Professor of Informatics and Digital Health, Deputy Director of the Informatics Research Centre, and Programme Director for MSc Digital and Technology Solutions and MSc Informatics (BIT) at Henley Business School, University of Reading. She directs the EPSRC Future Blood Testing for Inclusive Monitoring and Personalised Analytics Network+, demonstrating leadership in digital health innovation.
Her research integrates artificial intelligence, machine learning, and information systems to solve critical healthcare challenges. Key focus areas include digital health analytics, decision support systems for clinical pathways, and personalized medicine applications. Current work targets inflammatory arthritis detection, diabetes management through glucose monitoring, and reducing healthcare inequalities via predictive attendance systems implemented at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Recent publications reveal consistent application of multimodal machine learning to healthcare data, emphasizing uncertainty quantification, risk stratification, and real-world clinical implementation. Her work bridges technical AI advancements with practical healthcare delivery improvements across diverse patient populations.
Professor Li has earned significant recognition for research impact including the ESRC O2RB Excellence in Impact Award (2018), Research Engagement and Impact Award (2020), and Times Higher Education STEM Award (2025). Her contributions to patient safety and digital health innovation have been acknowledged through Health Service Journal awards and British Computer Society fellowship.
- ESRC O2RB Excellence in Impact Award (2018)
- Research Engagement and Impact Award (2020)
- Shortlisted for 2022 Impact Award
- Health Service Journal Patient Safety Award
- Times Higher Education STEM Award (2025)
- Fellow of British Computer Society
As Principal Investigator, she has secured major funding from EPSRC, NIHR, ESRC, The Health Foundation, NHS, and Innovate UK totaling over £3 million. Current projects include the £1.16M NIHR RMD-Health initiative for rheumatic disease detection and the £600k EPSRC grant for inflammatory arthritis prediction. Her Royal Berkshire NHS partnership has successfully implemented machine learning systems reducing outpatient non-attendance.
She leads the Informatics Research Centre's digital health team, fostering collaborations between academia, NHS trusts, and industry partners to translate AI research into clinical practice through the EPSRC Future Blood Testing Network+ and multiple collaborative innovation funds.
