Jonathan Lio is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He serves as Associate Director of the Wuhan University Medical Education Reform Project (WUMER) and Co-Director of the International Medical Educators Program (IMEP). Together with Chinese partners, he has helped develop high-quality residency training programs in response to China’s national standardization of residency education, and led Wuhan University’s creation of one of the first competency-based medical education frameworks for residency training in China.
Since 2019, IMEP has trained and mentored more than 80 clinician-educators across China, equipping them with skills in curriculum design, teaching strategies, and teaching methods. Alumni have gone on to implement educational innovations in nearly every discipline, receive teaching awards, publish scholarly work, and assume new leadership roles in medical education.
Dr. Lio has been invited to speak at national residency training conferences across China, and has advised the China Medical Board Consortium of Elite Hospitals for Residency Training. At the University of Chicago, he is a member of the Faculty Steering Committee for the Beijing Center, advancing academic exchange and collaboration between the United States and China.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
- Residency
2014
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA
- Medical School
2011
Co-creation and evaluation of people-centered mobile health messages to promote PrEP adherence among GBMSM in China: a feasibility study.
Co-creation and evaluation of people-centered mobile health messages to promote PrEP adherence among GBMSM in China: a feasibility study. Sex Health. 2026 Apr 09; 23(2).
PMID: 41506667
Daily PrEP and event-driven PrEP adherence for men who have sex with men in China.
Daily PrEP and event-driven PrEP adherence for men who have sex with men in China. Sex Health. 2026 Feb 05; 23(1).
PMID: 41332199
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis re-initiation among men who have sex with men: a multi-center cohort study in China.
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis re-initiation among men who have sex with men: a multi-center cohort study in China. Sex Health. 2025 03; 22.
PMID: 40096040
Impact of Peer Referral on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence and Persistence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Cohort Study in China.
Impact of Peer Referral on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence and Persistence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Cohort Study in China. AIDS Behav. 2025 Jun; 29(6):1831-1840.
PMID: 39928073
A theoretical perspective on professional identity.
A theoretical perspective on professional identity. Med Teach. 2025 02; 47(2):372-373.
PMID: 39412429
An instant messaging mobile phone application for promoting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among Chinese gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: A mixed methods feasibility and piloting randomized controlled trial study.
An instant messaging mobile phone application for promoting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among Chinese gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: A mixed methods feasibility and piloting randomized controlled trial study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(11):e0285036.
PMID: 37956177
When educators are locked down: transitioning an international faculty development program from in-person to online during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
When educators are locked down: transitioning an international faculty development program from in-person to online during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. MedEdPublish (2016). 2022; 12:59.
PMID: 37869562
Teacher Immediacy for Effective Teaching in Medical Education.
Teacher Immediacy for Effective Teaching in Medical Education. Med Sci Educ. 2022 Dec; 32(6):1535-1539.
PMID: 36532407
The Term "Teacher Immediacy" Is Useful to Medical Educators.
The Term "Teacher Immediacy" Is Useful to Medical Educators. Acad Med. 2022 10 01; 97(10):1429-1430.
PMID: 36198150
Co-creation using crowdsourcing to promote PrEP adherence in China: study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial.
Co-creation using crowdsourcing to promote PrEP adherence in China: study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2022 09 07; 22(1):1697.
PMID: 36071401
Top 100 Excellent Papers on Medical Education
Chinese Medical Association
2019
Certificate of Honor for Excellent Paper
China Medical Doctor Association
2018
Faculty Steering Committee
University of Chicago Center in Beijing
2018 - 2023
First Place Abstract
China Medical Education Research and Reform Conference
2017
Certificate of Recognition
Johns Hopkins Lay Health Educator Program
2012 - 2013
Varner J. Johns Award
Loma Linda University
2011
Alpha Omega Alpha
2010