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. Xu, Y, Swinchoski, B, Taylor, J, Chun, M. Interactive shape and color representation in visual working memory for colored objects in the human occipitotemporal cortex. Imaging Neurosci (Camb) 2025; 3 : . PubMed PMID:42344997 PubMed Central PMC13288494.
  2. Kim, SH, Gi Lim, S, Hui Park, C, Young Cheon, S, Chun, S, Nam, H, Cho, B, Koo, H. Poly(glycerol)-modified liposome for co-delivery of pheophorbide a/ topotecan and combination cancer therapy in vivo. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2026; 267 : 115933. PubMed PMID:42341644 .
  3. Lin, YR, Chang, MC, Tung, YC, Lin, SC, Wang, WF, Jhang, KM. The Association of Hearing Impairment and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2026; 19 : 601819. PubMed PMID:42339011 PubMed Central PMC13285740.
  4. Pan, J, Yuan, X, Lin, H, Zhao, R, Yang, L, Hu, C. Machine learning models decipher environmental pollutant-driven core genes in glioblastoma: Biomarkers for diagnosis, recurrence, and prognosis. J Environ Sci (China) 2026; 166 : 235-246. PubMed PMID:42336529 .
  5. Zeng, YY, Lin, SC, Chen, WL, Tan, JWH, Lo, MY, Chou, FH, Mak, HW. Challenges Experienced by Patients With Chronic Venous Disease in Unresolved Postoperative Recovery After Iliac Vein Stenting: A Phenomenological Study. J Cardiovasc Nurs 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42335441 .
  6. Quarta, L, Petix, M, Filzmayer, M, Orlandi, F, Polverino, F, Goyal, JA, Ferro, M, Chun, FKH, Micali, S, Longo, N et al.. Years of Life Lost From Metastatic Prostate Cancer According to Treatment Era and Race/Ethnicity. Prostate 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42335306 .
  7. Kim, N, Eom, H, Lee, H, Moon, J, Jung, Y, Oh, HS, Kim, N, Chun, J, Lee, D. Impacts of dietary patterns on the gut microbiome: comparing a priori dietary indices and a posteriori dietary patterns. Food Sci Biotechnol 2026; 35 (8): 2345-2360. PubMed PMID:42333099 PubMed Central PMC13283262.
  8. Li, J, Ni, F, Tao, Y, Xie, Y, Tang, E, Wu, Z, Liang, M, Zhang, P, Rodriguez, M, Glasenapp, J et al.. Mindful attention as a mechanism underlying non-suicidal self-injury: evidence from a longitudinal intervention trial. BMC Psychiatry 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42332620 .
  9. Fields, BC, Newhook, TE, Lillemoe, HA, Hierl, AN, Rukundo, I, Karam, JA, Matin, SF, Meyer, LA, Li, Z, Qiao, W et al.. 5x-Multiplier Versus 3-Tier Model: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial for Discharge Opioid Prescriptions After Intra-Abdominal Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42322127 .
  10. Sura, GH, Arjuna, S, Maher, MH, Duose, D, Bollen, L, Hebert, D, Seifert, F, Van Dorst, B, Janssens, JCA, Caffes, P et al.. Validation of NTRK Fusion Detection Using an Ultrarapid, Fully Automated Cartridge-based PCR Assay. J Mol Diagn 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42320753 .
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