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
- Lee, WJ, Fitriana, F, Syahada, JH, Louis, JM, Sim, HY, Mazigo, E, Jun, H, Muh, F, Lu, F, Cha, SH et al.. Plasmodium knowlesi tryptophan-rich antigen 40.1 binds human erythrocyte spectrin alpha. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2026; 20 (9): e0014700. PubMed PMID:42752678 .
- Liu, YL, Lin, YC, Tsai, YC, Yen, CC, Chiang, CY, Hung, PJ, Huang, YT, Chang, CH, Lin, FH, Liu, HC et al.. Stage-specific MSC spheroid fusion enables bottom-up formation of stage-defined hierarchical cartilage graft. Mater Today Bio 2026; 40 : 103649. PubMed PMID:42751092 PubMed Central PMC13579038.
- Lim, SY, Choi, SJ, Park, JS, Han, J, Kim, D, Chun, MK, Lee, JY, Lee, JS. Diagnostic Utility of the Albumin-to-Globulin Ratio for Kawasaki Disease in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42745493 .
- Chun, J, Woodland, M, Castelo, A, O'Connor, C, Altaie, M, Gupta, A, Ding, S, Nguyen, A, Koay, EJ, Brock, KK et al.. Context-informed personalized segmentation from radiology reports: A fully automated framework for long-term liver tumor follow-up. Med Phys 2026; 53 (9): e70624. PubMed PMID:42745158 .
- Yang, YJ, Kim, MJ, Kim, HH, Heo, JW, Chun, JL, Shin, EC, Kim, KS, Kim, HW, Jeong, EJ, Lee, D et al.. Physiological and Proteomic Responses to Chronic Stress and the Effects of Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum (Maxim.) Kitam. Extract in Beagle Dogs. Animals (Basel) 2026; 16 (17): . PubMed PMID:42738468 PubMed Central PMC13564297.
- Bloom, JR, Tignor, N, Van Vleck, T, Mendoza, DP, Tavolacci, SC, Fankuchen, O, Chun, G, Chang, S, Chung, M, Tuminello, S et al.. Natural language processing-based model to predict radiation pneumonitis in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective cohort study. EClinicalMedicine 2026; 99 : 104137. PubMed PMID:42733925 PubMed Central PMC13571876.
- Cui, Y, Park, M, Chun, SJ, Lee, CS. Dataset on bacterial community responses to light limitation in freshwater mesocosms of the Nakdonggang River. Data Brief 2026; 68 : 113205. PubMed PMID:42733484 PubMed Central PMC13571146.
- Kim, HR, Lee, S, Kim, S, Shin, D, Jeong, S, An, JR, Park, H, Han, ET, Han, JH, Chun, W et al.. Modulation of voltage-dependent K+ channel activity by the muscarinic receptor antagonist solifenacin in native coronary arterial smooth muscle cells. Korean J Physiol Pharmacol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42733228 .
- Chun, WC, Wei, LC. Self-Reported Sleep Duration After Kidney Transplantation Requires Medication-Aware Interpretation. Nephrology (Carlton) 2026; 31 (9): e70284. PubMed PMID:42733168 PubMed Central PMC13572771.
- Horton, M, Johnson, D, Overdahl, KE, Nititham, J, Taylor, KE, Katz, P, Chun, JY, Yazdany, J, Dall'Era, M, Barcellos, LF et al.. Integrated metabolomics and DNA methylation signatures and their association with flare remission in SLE. Lupus Sci Med 2026; 13 (2): . PubMed PMID:42731887 .


