CHUN LI, PH.D.
Assistant Director for Education
Chun Li, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences. He has extensive experience in statistical genetics research and genetic data analysis. He is currently working on developing methods for detecting somatic changes using next-generation sequencing data. He is also interested in developing methods to efficiently mine electronic medical records. Active in collaborative research, he has been working with investigators in various fields such as cancer epidemiology, clinical pharmacology, ophthalmology, cardiovascular disease, autism, type 2 diabetes, etc. He has published in Nature Genetics, New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, American Journal of Human Genetics, Bioinformatics, etc.
Recent Publications
- Kang, KA, Han, SJ, Chun, J. A Text Network Analysis of Research on the Bereaved After Sudden Death Since 2000. J Hosp Palliat Care 2025; 28 (4): 160-168. PubMed PMID:41368511 PubMed Central PMC12683177.
- Hong, T, Xu, Z, Chun, SY, Hernandez-Garcia, L, Fessler, JA. Convergent Complex Quasi-Newton Proximal Methods for Gradient-Driven Denoisers in Compressed Sensing MRI Reconstruction. IEEE Trans Comput Imaging 2025; 11 : 1534-1547. PubMed PMID:41367633 PubMed Central PMC12685019.
- Luo, Y, Li, Y, Tian, J, Li, H, Wang, Y, Wei, X, Zhang, L, Brand, D, Zheng, S. Itreg cells Ameliorates MOG-induced brain inflammation via endowing DC tolerogenic capacity predominantly via TGF-beta signaling mediated AKT/mTOR pathway inhibition. Mol Med 2025; : . PubMed PMID:41366300 .
- Lin, R, Chen, M, Zhang, X, Xu, T, Xu, T, Maguire, RC, Corrigan, KL, Koutroumpakis, E, Chang, JY, Lin, SH et al.. Bayesian Learning to Reduce Cardiac Risk for Locally Advanced NSCLC Patients Based on Personalized Radiotherapy Prescription. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2025; : . PubMed PMID:41365476 .
- Thai, NQN, Chun, LF, Newton, KP, Wilson, L, Xanthakos, SA, Behling, C, Salem, RM, Bandoli, G, Alcaraz, J, Crespo, N et al.. Longitudinal Analysis of Liver Chemistry Trajectories and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Children With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Diabetes Care 2025; : . PubMed PMID:41364086 .
- Bergonti, M, Mills, MT, Roten, L, Ruwald, MH, Metzner, A, Conte, G, Zylla, MM, Vlachos, K, Mazurek, M, Perrotta, L et al.. Pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation ablation: a European Heart Rhythm Association survey. Europace 2025; 27 (12): . PubMed PMID:41363248 .
- Chun, H, Chow, TYA. A case series of hyperthermia crisis in cough mixture ingestion: Why early cooling save lives. Toxicol Rep 2025; 15 : 102168. PubMed PMID:41362375 PubMed Central PMC12682076.
- Yu-Hao, D, Chun, C, Ping-Ping, W, Chun, W, Xiong, F. Sugarcane extract enhances stress resilience and longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans: NMR structural elucidation and transcriptomic mechanisms. Food Res Int 2026; 223 (Pt 2): 117863. PubMed PMID:41360552 .
- Wang, H, Luo, Y, Zhang, Y, Xiong, Y, Bian, G, Feng, B. Flavor quality during fermentation of the specialty product proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) thick wine: Insights from microbiome and metabolomics analyses. Food Res Int 2026; 223 (Pt 2): 117835. PubMed PMID:41360535 .
- Kwon, K, Lim, F, Lim, C, Morris, S, Hur, HC. The Current state of AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (FMIGS): Surgical Volume and Case Types. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2025; : . PubMed PMID:41360202 .


