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. Miao, X, Lee, NG, Nguyen, HN, Uribe, J, Doyle, EK, Chun, S, Zhao, Z, Cui, SX, Singhrao, K, Rojas, GP et al.. Simultaneous 3D structural-functional assessment of pediatric lung using 0.55-T MRI: a feasibility study. Radiol Adv 2026; 3 (5): umag035. PubMed PMID:42775389 PubMed Central PMC13597126.
  2. Bae, S, Avila-Pacheco, J, Clay, SL, Bang, S, Scott, MC, Andreeva, N, Michaud, M, Fonseca-Pereira, D, Chun, E, Cao, YG et al.. Microbial-associated acylated putrescines as immunomodulatory molecules in inflammatory bowel diseases. bioRxiv 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42774064 PubMed Central PMC13592147.
  3. Lerner-Ellis, J, Fisher, Y, Zawati, MH, Agatep, R, Antonishyn, N, Bosdet, I, Boycott, KM, King, I, Lamont, RE, Marshall, CR et al.. Genetic data sharing by clinical laboratories in Canada: A position statement by the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists. Am J Hum Genet 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42772292 .
  4. Hwang, S, Chun, M, Chung, J. Re-engineering CD154 blockade for transplantation: Fc-free design to separate thrombotic risk from therapeutic function. Clin Transplant Res 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42768790 .
  5. Sharmila, R, Iong, WC, Lu, IL, Sabu, A, Lo, CL, Shen, MM, Chiu, HC. Targeted BRD4 degradation by multivalent dendrimer-based PROTAC and its combined effects with chemotherapy on colon cancer. Biomaterials 2026; 338 (Pt A): 124634. PubMed PMID:42766962 .
  6. Nugent, NR, Alisic, E, Armey, MF, Chun, TH, Duffy, S, Huang, J, Ingram, KM, Jovanovic, T, Mankodiya, K, Mehl, MR et al.. Understanding the interplay of social context and physiology on psychological outcomes in trauma-exposed adolescents: a protocol and baseline data report. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2026; 17 (1): 2649711. PubMed PMID:42766723 .
  7. Disis, ML, Chun, BMN, Dhillon, KK, Liao, JB, Hunter, N, Cecil, DL. Vaccines for Cancer: A Translational Science Review. JAMA 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42766303 .
  8. Kim, HJ, Choi, A, Goh, J, Lee, MH, Kim, H. Emticicia lacicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater reservoir. Arch Microbiol 2026; 208 (12): . PubMed PMID:42766027 .
  9. Chun, HW, Park, YE, Kim, JH, Park, MC. Peripheral Inflammatory Biomarkers as Predictors of Antidepressant Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychopharmacol Bull 2026; 56 (4 Suppl 1): 88-107. PubMed PMID:42763552 PubMed Central PMC13589236.
  10. Le, QC, Marmiroli, A, Longoni, M, Falkenbach, F, Catanzaro, C, Nicolazzini, M, Polverino, F, Goyal, JA, Saad, F, Schiavina, R et al.. Role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in metastatic medullary renal cell carcinoma: controlled analysis. World J Urol 2026; 44 (1): . PubMed PMID:42762265 PubMed Central PMC13589708.
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