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
- Digoy, GP, Chun, W, Nelson, C. Closure of Chronic Tracheoesophageal Fistula in Pediatrics Using Endoscopic Suturing. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41874394 .
- Pan, D, Zhang, C. Transcriptional Activation of SBNO2 by KDM1A Drives Immune Escape in Lung Cancer. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2026; 10 (3): e00639. PubMed PMID:41873712 .
- Lee, H, Ko, K, Kim, S, Lee, G, Kim, S, Lee, J, Song, DY, Bong, G, Han, JH, Lee, J et al.. Co-occurrence of rare variants implicates gene pairs in cytoskeletal pathways and is associated with increased severity in autism spectrum disorder. Genome Biol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41872878 .
- Barua, S, Jafari, M, Starewich, M, Tamakloe, R, Alnawmasi, N, Das, S. Temporal dynamics in barrier-involved crashes: Determining shifts in driving behavior and injury risk across multi-year periods. Sci Rep 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41872268 .
- Lee, NJ, Polverino, F, Quarta, L, Filzmayer, M, Petix, M, Goyal, JA, Longo, N, Musi, G, Chun, FKH, Briganti, A et al.. Tumor size effect on cancer-specific mortality in T2N0M0 urothelial bladder cancer treated with trimodal therapy. Urol Oncol 2026; : 111076. PubMed PMID:41872009 .
- Park, C, Park, J, Kim, S, Bae, YS, Kang, JH, Kim, TM, Chun, JW. Explainable Machine Learning for Assessing Digital Health Literacy in Older Adults: Validation and Development of a Two-Stage Model Integrating Performance-Based and Self-Assessed Indicators. JMIR Med Inform 2026; 14 : e86171. PubMed PMID:41871331 .
- Rodriguez Peñaranda, N, Di Bello, F, Marmiroli, A, Falkenbach, F, Longoni, M, Le, QC, Catanzaro, C, Nicolazzini, M, Goyal, JA, Saad, F et al.. Cancer-Specific and Other-Cause Mortality of Asian Pacific Islanders vs. Caucasians Across Eleven Primary Cancers. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41870848 .
- Zhu, H, Wang, Z. Model-guided dose optimization of cefoperazone-sulbactam and levofloxacin for pneumonia and urinary tract infections in patients with hepatic dysfunction. Am J Transl Res 2026; 18 (2): 1647-1662. PubMed PMID:41868911 PubMed Central PMC13000802.
- Kim, SH, Lee, SY, Choi, JH, Chon, MK, Hwang, KW, Kim, J, Park, YH, Kim, JH, Chun, KJ, Lim, MH et al.. Prognostic Impact of Mitral Annular Calcification and Aortic Arch Calcification in Severe Aortic Stenosis Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement. Korean Circ J 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41866982 .
- Kim, SH, Oh, JS, Chun, HJ. Pleural and intra-abdominal long-term drainage: comparison of a novel double-loop and a conventional single-loop catheter. Diagn Interv Radiol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41866968 .


