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.

Affiliations

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Recent Publications

  1. Chun, M, Tun, KM, Sonaiya, S, Vongsavath, T, Ferrin, Z, Ramai, D, Shah, A, Adler, D. Are Steroids Effective in the Prevention of Esophageal Stenosis After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol ; 59 (10): 932-942. PubMed PMID:42139665 .
  2. Horien, C, Mandino, F, Greene, AS, Shen, X, Powell, K, Vernetti, A, O'Connor, D, Adkinson, BD, Tejavibulya, L, McPartland, JC et al.. Optimizing functional connectivity scanning conditions for predicting autistic traits. Nat Ment Health 2026; 4 (5): 792-805. PubMed PMID:42137910 PubMed Central PMC13167459.
  3. Gong, CX. [Carry forward professor Yan Chun's cause in endocrine genetics and metabolism]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2026; 64 (6): 705-706. PubMed PMID:42135250 .
  4. Kim, S, Chun, BC. Heterogeneous Rebound Patterns of Foodborne Diseases after COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions, South Korea, 2005-2024. Int J Infect Dis 2026; : 108782. PubMed PMID:42134721 .
  5. Cai, S, Chen, Y, Luo, T, Ma, G, Zhong, Y, Wu, A, Peng, S, Liao, C, Zhang, H, Zhang, C et al.. Lithocarpus litseifolius leaf extract and its flavonoids alleviate hyperuricemia via TLR2/PI3K/NF-κB pathway inhibition and gut microbiota modulation. Food Funct 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42132650 .
  6. Li, Y, Zhang, W, Chen, D, Sun, X, Li, C, Yang, B, Wang, J. Fluorescence sensor array integrated with machine learning: robust discrimination of multiple metal ions using carboxyl-rich carbon dots. Anal Methods 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42132576 .
  7. Lee, S, Shim, J, Lee, K, Yu, Y, Kim, YD, Jung, Y, Yoo, S, Ji, H, Baek, S, Yu, H et al.. Tailored Bond Heterogeneity through High-Entropy Doping for Efficient Acidic Water Oxidation. J Am Chem Soc 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42130191 .
  8. Pyung, YJ, Kang, N, Chun, J, Yu, K, Park, DJ, Lee, DY, Kim, DK, Lee, HW, Yun, CH. Metabolite-Based Endotypes of Asthma Reveal Distinct Clinical Characteristics and Immune Cell Signatures. Allergy 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42130017 .
  9. Lee, Y, Lee, Y, Song, KS, Chun, JW, Lee, D. Neural and behavioral evidence of free shipping on consumer decision making. PLoS One 2026; 21 (5): e0349032. PubMed PMID:42127132 PubMed Central PMC13170860.
  10. Lou, W, Wu, J. Machine learning combined with WGCNA reveals potential calcium uptake-associated biomarkers in Parkinson's disease. Ann Hum Biol 2026; 53 (1): 2661601. PubMed PMID:42126032 .
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