Lei is a postdoctoral scholar at UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Study. She is a trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural researcher whose research focuses on long-term services and supports, immigrants’ access to health care, migrant workforce, technology for older adults and people with disabilities, aging and health policy, and cross-cultural studies. She applies both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to her research. Before joining UCSF, she worked on several research projects at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and collaborated with UCLA Human-Centered Computing and Intelligent Sensing Lab. Apart from being an academic, Lei actively engages in policy-related work at state and national levels (e.g., assisting in developing and implementing Master Plan for Aging in California). Lei received her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from UCLA, Master of Social Policy from Washington University in St. Louis, Master of Demography from Fudan University (China), and Bachelor of Sociology from Nanjing University (China).