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.

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Recent Publications

  1. Wu, CJ, Hong, CT, Horng, JL, Lai, HS, Tsai, HY, Fong, TH, Hsiao, CY, Chu, CY, Liew, YJM, Yang, TC et al.. Chronic exposure to chlorate at regulatory safety limits induces p21/p16-mediated neuronal senescence and Parkinsonian-like decline. Environ Pollut 2026; : 128929. PubMed PMID:42567245 .
  2. Ma, QS, Chun, BO, Zhang, R. Aerobic exercise and sleep-related outcomes in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Medicine (Baltimore) 2026; 105 (32): e50049. PubMed PMID:42566600 .
  3. Heo, SJ, Chun, MY. Erratum: Effects of Sarcopenia and Frailty on Cognitive Function, Brain Volume, and Dementia Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study Based on UK Biobank. Dement Neurocogn Disord 2026; 25 (3): 194. PubMed PMID:42564477 PubMed Central PMC13444362.
  4. Liu, G, Wang, L, Wang, J, Zheng, H, Yang, S, Zhou, Q, Fu, L, Cai, Z, Zhang, S, Wang, C et al.. Corrigendum to "Temporal dynamics of bioactive compounds in sweet tea (Lithocarpus litseifolius (Hance) Chun): Linking harvest stages to flavor and health benefits" [Food Res. Int. 218 (2025) 116918]. Food Res Int 2026; 241 : 119864. PubMed PMID:42562547 .
  5. Huang, CC, Lee, HC, Yang, FA. Distinguishing Metabolic and Neuro-immune Pathways in Exercise-Induced Cytokine Modulation in Breast Cancer Survivors. Sports Med 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42560438 .
  6. Lu, C, Reck, L, Breneman, CB, Pietro, K, Chun, T, Allen, N, Killy, O, Pollin, K, Forsten, R, Ortiz, J et al.. Quantifying Classification Exposure Dose From the Pilot Veteran Military Occupational and Environmental Assessment Tool. Mil Med 2026; 191 (Supplement_1): 502-510. PubMed PMID:42560279 .
  7. Pietro, K, Breneman, CB, Chun, T, Pollin, K, Reck, L, Allen, N, Kuchinsky, SE, Davidson, A, Brungart, D, Killy, O et al.. Exploring the Relationship Between Hearing Status, Cognitive Function, and Neurological Symptom Burden: The Impact of Hearing Aids on Veteran Health. Mil Med 2026; 191 (Supplement_1): 216-224. PubMed PMID:42560200 .
  8. Wang, HW, Nienhuis, ET, Kennedy, AR, Mergelsberg, ST, Munoz, V, Anovitz, LM, Nagy, G, Reynolds, JG, Chun, J, Schenter, GK et al.. Nanostructuring and Underscreening of Bisalt Electrolytes with Dual-Anion Effects: Insights from Small-Angle Scattering Prepeak Analysis. J Phys Chem B 2026; 130 (31): 7978-7986. PubMed PMID:42560098 .
  9. Chun, J, Yun, D, Kim, J, Kim, H, Yim, Y, Lee, Y, Yeo, D, Woo, S, Yon, DK. Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease in Asia From 1990 to 2023: A Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Nephrology (Carlton) 2026; 31 (8): e70253. PubMed PMID:42559978 PubMed Central PMC13446003.
  10. Scaglione, M, Engavale, M, Chun, MG, Sawant, DV, Lu, DR, LaGory, E. Integrating T cell signaling and metabolism to enhance T cell engager responses in solid tumors. Front Immunol 2026; 17 : 1887842. PubMed PMID:42558810 PubMed Central PMC13438312.
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