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. Chang, S, Kim, JY, Hong, YJ, Chun, EJ. Quantitative Cardiac MRI in COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Versus Other Types of Myocarditis: A Korean Multicenter Study. J Korean Med Sci 2026; 41 (6): e59. PubMed PMID:41664573 .
  2. Bang, SH, Yi, HJ, Chun, HJ, Choi, KS, Na, M. Cerebral Sparganosis: A Case Report of Rare Parasitic Brain Infection. Brain Tumor Res Treat 2026; 14 (1): 52-56. PubMed PMID:41663203 .
  3. Fan, Z, Wang, X, Wu, Y, Li, S, Kong, L, Li, S, Ma, T, Pan, C. Polylactic acid microplastic exposure induced male reproductive toxicity and decreased testosterone levels by accelerating Leydig cell senescence. Environ Pollut 2026; : 127778. PubMed PMID:41662942 .
  4. Choi, S, Chun, J, Choi, G, Lee, Y, Gweon, T, Jung, Y. Does the size of the cold snare affect the outcome of cold snare polypectomy in the colon? A KASID prospective multicenter study. Intest Res 2026; 24 (1): 76-83. PubMed PMID:41662834 PubMed Central PMC12884115.
  5. Watson, R, Kemp, AH. Promoting holistic wellbeing during the polycrisis: An essay on inner development through the martial art of Wing Chun. PLOS Ment Health 2025; 2 (9): e0000433. PubMed PMID:41662033 .
  6. Chun, JI, Han, GH, Kim, SY, Kim, SM, Kim, GJ, Kim, B, Kim, JK, Cho, JY, Kim, HY, Kang, JH et al.. Mutation of STAY-GREEN 1 in tomato increases volatile organic compounds during fruit ripening. Plant Cell Physiol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41660881 .
  7. Shi, B, Olivares, P, Parunov, LA, Liang, Y, Chun, H, Wu, WW, Simhadri, VL, Bajgain, P, Jankowski, W, Krivega, M et al.. Mutations of six amino acid residues in a B domain-deleted blood coagulation factor VIII have a cumulative effect on increasing its secretion. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2026; 10 (1): 103325. PubMed PMID:41658978 PubMed Central PMC12876599.
  8. Kim, DA, Chun, B, Choi, M, Sun, K, Jeong, JH, Park, YK, Hong, CH, Na, HR, Choi, SH, Moon, SY et al.. Exploring the Association Between Physical Fitness Components and Cognitive Function in Older Korean Adults: The SUPERBRAIN Exploratory Sub-study. Dement Neurocogn Disord 2026; 25 (1): 13-24. PubMed PMID:41657476 PubMed Central PMC12876446.
  9. Kim, DA, Choi, M, Chun, B, Sun, K, Moon, SY, Song, HS, Lee, SM. Effects of Prior Exercise Habits and Adherence on Cognitive Function, Physical Fitness, and Vascular Health in Older Adults: An Exploratory Exercise-Based Intervention Trial. Dement Neurocogn Disord 2026; 25 (1): 54-68. PubMed PMID:41657471 PubMed Central PMC12876443.
  10. Yuan, HW, Sun, Y, Wang, XH. Improved Hybrid Surgery for Chronic Carotid Artery Occlusion: A Technical Note. World Neurosurg 2026; : 124847. PubMed PMID:41655637 .
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