Rate My Professor Weizi Li

Prof Li is Programme Director for MSc Digital and Technology Solutions and MSc Informatics (BIT). She directs the EPSRC Future Blood Testing for Inclusive Monitoring and Personalised Analytics Network+ (EP/W000652/1, 2021-2024) and leads projects funded by NIHR, ESRC, EPSRC, The Health Foundation, NHS, and Innovate UK. Notable initiatives include the Integrated Clinical Pathway Management and Cloud-based Digital Data Integration Platform (ESRC O2RB Excellence in Impact Award 2018; 4*/3* REF 2021 impact case study) and a machine learning decision support system for appointment attendance at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (University of Reading Research Engagement and Impact Award 2020; shortlisted for 2022 impact award, HSJ patient safety award, THE STEM award 2025). She received a £600,000 UKRI grant for AI to predict inflammatory arthritis (2023) and led a £1 million EPSRC blood testing network (2021). Key publications encompass Wang et al. (2023) 'Improving triaging from primary care into secondary care using heterogeneous data-driven hybrid machine learning' (Decision Support Systems); Chan et al. (2023) 'Time in patterns: machine learning based blood glucose fluctuation pattern recognition for Type 1 diabetes management' (JMIR AI); Dashtban and Li (2022) 'Predicting non-attendance in hospital outpatient appointments using Deep Learning Approach' (Health Systems); and recent works on explainable machine learning for psoriatic arthritis flares and axial spondyloarthritis (2025-2026). Her contributions have resulted in NHS-implemented systems tackling health inequalities and enhancing patient care.