Hongyan Xu
Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Population Health Science: Biostats & Data Science
Administration
Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, & Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, & Epidemiology
The Graduate School
College of Nursing
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Population Health Science
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
Bio
Dr. Xu received his PhD in Human Population Genetics from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. He joined the Augusta University after finishing his postdoctoral training at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Education
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Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, General
University of Texas Health Sci, 2003
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MS, Genetics, General
Fudan Univ / Inst of Genetics, 1999
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BS, Biophysics
Fudan Univ / Inst of Genetics, 1996
Awards & Honors
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Leader of PRIDE Statistical Genetics Group
National Institute of Health, 2017
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NIH Study Section
National Institute of Health, 2017
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Faculty at the The Curriculum in Iron Metabolism & Related Disorders
Hosted by the European School of Hematology, 2014
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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DATS 7900
Capstone Proj in Data Science
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DATS 7760
Data & Visual Analytics
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MEDI 6120
Foundations of Medicine
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STAT 7750
Intro to Genetic Analysis
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STAT 8150
Adv Genomic Data Analysis
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MEDI 6220
Cardiopulmonary/Heme
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MEDI 6240
GI/GU/Endocrine
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STAT 7850
Omics Data Analysis
Teaching Interests
Biological Sequencing Analysis, Statistical Genetics, Genomics, Computation Biology, Bioinformatics, Big Data
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Interferon hyperactivity impairs cardiogenesis in Down syndrome via downregulation of canonical Wnt signaling., 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Unravelling the Impact of Cyclic Mechanical Stretch in Keratoconus-A Transcriptomic Profiling Study., 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Rare structural variants, aneuploidies, and mosaicism in individuals with Mullerian aplasia detected by optical genome mapping., 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Unexplained Female Infertility Associated with Genetic Disease Variants., 2023
Other
- Serum Free Light Chain Quantification Testing: Comparison of Two Methods for Disease Monitoring., 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Big data analysis, statistical genetics, genomics, Bayesian statistics, genetic epidemiology, cancer genetics, epigenetics
Department Service
College Service
University Service
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Statistical Consulting
2023 - Present
Role: Other
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Statistical Consulting
2023 - Present
Role: Other
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Statistical Consulting
2023 - Present
Role: Other
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Statistical consulting
2021 - Present
Role: Other
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Statistical consulting
2021 - Present
Role: Other
Professional Service
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Georgia Chapter of ASA
2015 - Present
Role: Member
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American Society of Human Genetics
2012 - Present
Role: Reviewer
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Associate Editor
2009 - Present
Role: Other
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Referee
2006 - Present
Role: Other
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American Statistical Society
2005 - Present
Role: Member
