Brain Research Institute, Niigata University Field for Evolutionary Brain Pathology Department of Neuroscience of Disease Care fish, Cure human
Li Xueying

Li Xueying

Research student (planning to enter the PhD program)

Career

2018–2023 Clinical Medicine, China Medical University, China 2021–2022 Clinical clerkship, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University 2022–2023 Clinical clerkship, Dandong Central Hospital, Liaoning 2023–2025 Clinical training, Erlang Town Hospital, Henan October 2026: research student, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Niigata University (Department of Neuroscience of Disease, Brain Research Institute)

In their words

To me, the most mysterious things in this world are the universe and the brain. The brain is a universe within life. At 18, out of awe for life and the brain, I entered medical school and took clinical clerkships across departments. In neurology I saw many patients living with neurodegenerative disease: the tremor and stiffness of Parkinson’s disease that a person cannot stop, and the loss of memory and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease, with the difficulty of continuing to live in ways that matter to the person. Easing symptoms did not feel like enough. I wanted to know why these diseases arise, and whether I could do more. That brought me to the Brain Research Institute, Niigata University. I believe that small steps in research can, in time, relieve the suffering of many patients.