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. Wang, X, Li, Y, Wei, B. Comprehensive evaluation of soil fertility quality in wild Malania oleifera forests in the karst region of Yunnan. Environ Monit Assess 2026; 198 (6): . PubMed PMID:42223522 .
  2. Shi, Y, Chun, Y, Zhang, S, Xu, X, Chen, W, Jiao, L, Wang, L, Tu, L, Xu, J. Interpretable multi-center machine learning model driven by facial image features for non-invasive early risk assessment of lung cancer. Front Physiol 2026; 17 : 1835790. PubMed PMID:42222284 PubMed Central PMC13218986.
  3. Kuhlman, NM, Jagim, AR, Blesso, CN, Puglisi, MJ, Chun, OK, Jones, MT, Fields, JB. Effects of collagen peptide supplementation on bone turnover, cytokine, and inflammatory markers in female distance runners: a randomized pilot study. Front Nutr 2026; 13 : 1825906. PubMed PMID:42221768 PubMed Central PMC13215932.
  4. Pasupneti, S, Valentine, V, Mudgett, H, Fan, CS, Mann, E, Zhou, M, Shen, L, Henricksen, E, Khush, K, Hanson, P et al.. Comparison of donor-derived cell-free DNA fractions between combined heart-lung vs isolated heart or lung transplant recipients. JHLT Open 2026; 13 : 100569. PubMed PMID:42220978 PubMed Central PMC13218254.
  5. Chang, HH, Chun, YM, Kim, SJ, Yoon, TH. Platelet-Rich Plasma and Bone Marrow Stimulation in Double-Row Rotator Cuff Repair Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes but Reduces Retear Rates: A Retrospective Analysis With Propensity Score Matching. Arthroscopy 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42219808 .
  6. Fang, Y, Zhang, X, Zhan, G. Common biomarkers of Alzheimer disease and postoperative delirium. Medicine (Baltimore) 2026; 105 (22): e48921. PubMed PMID:42216384 .
  7. Chen, T, Sun, MQ, Xu, F, Hao, LL, Liang, LL, Zhang, KC, Yang, Y, Sun, YN, Wang, RF, Gu, XF et al.. Combined biochemical and genetic analysis improves early diagnosis and prenatal assessment of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. World J Pediatr 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42215828 .
  8. Tran, NG, Chun, DM. Sustainable and Scalable Fabrication of Fluorine-Free Superhydrophobic Ceramic Surfaces via Laser Texturing and Silicone Oil Heat Treatment. Langmuir 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42215312 .
  9. Joo, HJ, Song, JR, Lim, BC, Kim, WJ, Choi, MY, Lee, HJ, Chung, SA, Choi, DG, Kim, HY, Suh, YW et al.. Six-Month Visual Outcomes in Pediatric Optic Neuritis: A Multicenter Study From South Korea. J Neuroophthalmol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42212697 .
  10. Chandrasekaran, M, Sivanesan, I, Chun, SC. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation Mediated Changes in Phytohormones Under Drought Stress. Mycobiology 2026; 54 (3): 336-345. PubMed PMID:42205911 PubMed Central PMC13202652.
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