Li Li
Associate Scientific Director, Genomic Medicine
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLi Li is an Associate Scientific Director in Genomic Medicine with 11 years of hands-on experience translating statistical genetics and bioinformatics into drug discovery and development decisions. Trained with a PhD in Bioinformatics, Li combines deep expertise in study design, GWAS and pharmacogenetics with strong programming chops across R, Python, SAS, Perl, Java and Unix to handle large-scale data pipelines and visualization. At PAREXEL and GSK they have led flagship pharmacogenetic and GWAS initiatives—including the first GSK Alzheimer’s GWAS—and driven cross-therapeutic work in cardiovascular/metabolic, dermatology and oncology. Li is known for simplifying complex analysis documentation and building standardized templates that boost reproducibility and efficiency across teams. They routinely bridge academic methods and industry needs, advising on trial enrichment, meta-analysis strategies and clinical utility assessment of PGx markers. Based in the Raleigh-Durham area, Li uniquely blends statistical rigor with practical delivery to turn genomic signals into actionable clinical insights.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Wuhan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics at North Carolina State University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (9)
r-package9
genetics9
toolbox7
genetic3
genome2
datasets2
bioinformatics2
genomics2
infer2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
StatGenPRD/GDCgtx
Feb 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:14 PRs, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
r-packageanalysis-pipelinecenterroutinepipeline
StatGenPRD/GWASImputationPipeline
Mar 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:20 PRs, 20 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
genomeinfergenetic-datageneticsubjects
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