Michael Ke Li
MBBS, MMed, PGCertPsych
DPhil Candidate and Clarendon Scholar
Michael is currently a DPhil student at Wolfson CPSD, NDCN. His DPhil work primarily focuses on clinical and imaging risk factors of cognitive decline after stroke/TIA under the supervision of Prof Rothwell and Dr Tuna.
Before coming to Oxford, Michael attained his medical degree from Peking University, China. He also completed a 3-year residency training in neurology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and attained his Master of Medicine degree in neurology from Peking Union Medical College/Tsinghua University, China. Michael also shows an interest in psychology and completed a total of 3 years of courses on psychology at School of Psychology, Peking University and Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He has received the Young Investigator Award (World Stroke Congress), the National Scholarship of China, the Guangdong Province Merit Student Award, among other honours.
Research groups
Key publications
Severity of Intracranial Arterial Calcification on Computed Tomography and Risk of Dementia in Patients With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Population‐Based Study
Journal article
Li (李可) K. et al, (2026), Journal of the American Heart Association, 15
Intracranial arterial calcification on computed tomography and risk of cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal article
Li MK. et al, (2026), Cerebrovascular Diseases
Iron metabolism in non-anemic myasthenia gravis patients: A cohort study
Journal article
Li K. et al, (2023), Journal of Neuroimmunology, 375, 578015 - 578015
Iron metabolism patterns in non-anemic patients with myasthenia gravis: A cross-sectional and follow-up study
Journal article
Li K. et al, (2022), Frontiers in Neurology, 13
Perioperative Bilateral Medial Medullary Infarction With “Snake Eyes Appearance”: A Case Report
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Xu Y. et al, (2021), Frontiers in Medicine, 8