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
- Abdelraheem, O, El Kheir-Mataria, WA, Chun, S. Genetic, Socioecological, and Health Research on Extreme Longevity in Semisupercentenarians and Supercentenarians: A Scoping Review. J Aging Res 2026; 2026 : 1605361. PubMed PMID:42007363 PubMed Central PMC13090574.
- Wang, S, Wang, X, Wang, Y, Li, C. Synergistic engineering of monoterpenoid synthase and metabolic pathways to enhance α-terpineol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2026; 14 : 54-63. PubMed PMID:42006856 PubMed Central PMC13091366.
- Hosoda, KK, Shiroma, KY, Lee, PM, Chun, MB. Academic and Pre-Medical Advising Factors Associated with Admission to the John A. Burns School of Medicine Among Premedical Students at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf 2026; 85 (3): 73-77. PubMed PMID:42004447 PubMed Central PMC13089821.
- Lee, JM, Cho, MS, Kang, DY, Ahn, JM, Oh, YS, Lee, CH, Choi, EK, Lee, JH, Kwon, CH, Park, GM et al.. Impact of renal function on edoxaban antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and stable coronary artery disease: a prespecified analysis of the EPIC-CAD trial. EuroIntervention 2026; 22 (8): e432-e443. PubMed PMID:42003300 .
- Chun, Y, Ha, S, Bai, J. Data augmentation of event causality identification task with pre-trained language models. Sci Rep 2026; : . PubMed PMID:42002596 .
- Longoni, M, Falkenbach, F, Marmiroli, A, Le, QC, Nicolazzini, M, Catanzaro, C, Polverino, F, Goyal, JA, Graefen, M, Ferro, M et al.. Correction: Development and external validation of a nomogram predicting cancer-specific mortality-free survival after trimodal therapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. World J Urol 2026; 44 (1): . PubMed PMID:42001383 .
- Molina, A, Meyle, J, Ram, D, Chun, YP, Colmenares, ME, Davidovich, E. Periodontal Diseases and Conditions in Children and Adolescents Associated With Systemic Disorders: A Systematic Review. J Clin Periodontol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41998830 .
- Rusidanmu, A, Zhou, HY, Singh, S, Chin, D, Zhou, K, Huang, MJ, Ye, P. Carinal tracheo-oesophageal fistula repair using adjacent gastric conduit wall after Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy: a case report. J Cardiothorac Surg 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41998772 .
- Chen, M, Zhao, R, Chen, X, Xu, L, Hu, C. RET Inhibition by Selpercatinib Suppresses TGF-β1-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Exp Cell Res 2026; : 115006. PubMed PMID:41997282 .
- Cui, JY, Ma, JD, Liu, XR, Liu, ZW, Zhang, JY, Zheng, CH, Wei, Q, Chen, QP. Low phase angle in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery inpatients and its impact on clinical outcomes: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2026; 105 (16): e48379. PubMed PMID:41995571 .


