Recent publications
“Harry Benjamin and the Birth of Transgender Medicine,” forthcoming in Canadian Medical Association Journal, 11 December 2023.
“JJR Macleod Reconsidered,” guest blog post at UTPJ Blog, 31 October 2023.
“The Reminiscences of a One-Hundred-and-One-Year-Old Man,” guest blog post at UNCPress, 29 September 2023.
“Macleod Reconsidered,” Introduction to “J.J.R. Macleod, Reconsidered: Insulin and Beyond,” Canadian Journal of Health History 40, 2 (September, 2023), co-edited by Alison Li, Christopher J. Rutty, and James R. Wright.
With Patrick Walsh, “Remembering Insulin, et al.” History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals 64, 1 (Jan 2022): 104-113.
“Caroline Sophia Brown.” Dictionary of Canadian Biography XVI (1931-40).
“Insulin’s Centenary: Complexity and Collaboration.” The Lancet 398, 10313 (2021): 1796-1797.
Foreword to The Discovery of Insulin: Special Centenary Edition by Michael Bliss, University of Toronto Press, 2021.
– Nominated for a Heritage Toronto Award 2022 in the Book category
“This book is the definitive history of the discovery of insulin and readers will be captivated by the determination, exasperation, suffering, and ultimate resurrection of individuals. Alison Li’s foreword offers tremendous insight into the writing and impact of The Discovery of Insulin – incredibly valuable and a pleasure to read!”
SHELLEY MCKELLAR, HANNAH CHAIR IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, WESTERN UNIVERSITY
“Rethinking the ‘discovery’ of insulin.” Canadian Medical Association Journal 193, 42 (2021): e1636-31637.
“Success Has Many Parents: J. B. Collip’s Role in the Discovery of Insulin.” Defining Moments Canada website, 13 April 2021.