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.

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Recent Publications

  1. Lee, S, Kong, MG, Jung, MH, Kim, HL, Choi, JH, Na, JO, Cho, YH, Choi, DJ, Kim, EJ. Awareness, Diagnostic Approaches, and Management of Heart Failure in Korea: A Nationwide Survey Comparing Primary Care Physicians and Cardiology Specialists. Int J Heart Fail 2026; 8 (1): 76-88. PubMed PMID:41696055 PubMed Central PMC12901520.
  2. Lee, CJ, Lee, H, Ko, KY, Kong, MG, Kim, MS, Bae, S, Ahn, Y, Chun, KH, Choi, KU, Choi, JY et al.. Heart Failure Statistics 2025 Update: A Report From the Korean Society of Heart Failure. Int J Heart Fail 2026; 8 (1): 58-73. PubMed PMID:41696052 PubMed Central PMC12901529.
  3. Joo, S, Chun, MS, Park, H. Correction: Understanding public engagement in animal welfare in South Korea: a theory of planned behavior approach. Front Vet Sci 2026; 13 : 1766402. PubMed PMID:41696007 PubMed Central PMC12903924.
  4. Ham, S, Bae, H, Auh, JH, Ahn, S, Chun, HS, Kim, BH. Glutathione analysis and quantification in Korean supplements: method development and validation. Food Sci Biotechnol 2026; 35 (3): 485-492. PubMed PMID:41695800 PubMed Central PMC12894451.
  5. Choi, SP, Yang, J, Park, IB, Kang, SJ, Park, SW, Lee, CH, Lee, HJ, Bae, J, Choi, CY, Shin, J et al.. Targeting MAFB potentiates immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy by reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages to an M1-like phenotype in colorectal cancer. Transl Res 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41692233 .
  6. Wu, DN, Jen, J, Fajiculay, E, Hsu, MF, Chang, MC, Yeh, JC, Sargsyan, K, Kupcinskas, J, Skieceviciene, J, Steponaitiene, R et al.. PanMETAI - a high performance tabular foundation model for accurate pancreatic cancer diagnosis via NMR metabolomics. Nat Commun 2026; 17 (1): 1595. PubMed PMID:41688460 PubMed Central PMC12905243.
  7. Li, Y, Tang, R, Zhao, M, Zhu, B, Chen, L, Ye, Y, Ge, W, Du, W. Standards for vinegar-processed Corydalis Rhizoma: Integrating morphological, chemical, and pharmacological properties. J Ethnopharmacol 2026; 362 : 121369. PubMed PMID:41687946 .
  8. Yang, W, Gui, R, Liu, Y, Zou, H, Xiao, L, Deng, G, Wan, Z, Yu, X, Feng, X, Long, H et al.. Lithocarpus litseifolius leaf extract alleviate hyperuricemia-induced renal injury by regulating uric acid metabolism and inhibiting the AKT/S6K pathway. J Ethnopharmacol 2026; 362 : 121362. PubMed PMID:41687938 .
  9. Gunawardene, MA, Willems, S, Wahedi, R, Steigerwald, Y, Wohlmuth, P, Feldhege, J, Dickow, J, Chun, KRJ, Ouyang, F, Metzner, A et al.. 20 Years: Clinical Outcome After Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Symptomatic Drug-Refractory Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2026; : . PubMed PMID:41686113 .
  10. Eom, J, Chun, Y, Chang, HR. SMURF2 in Anticancer Therapy: Dual Role in Carcinogenesis and Theranostics. Int J Mol Sci 2026; 27 (3): . PubMed PMID:41683957 PubMed Central PMC12898010.
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