Xihao Li - Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Xihao Li

Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Xihao Li is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Genetics at UNC Chapel Hill with nine years of experience bridging statistical methodology and genomics. Trained at Harvard (PhD/MS) and with research ties to the Broad Institute, he develops rigorous statistical approaches for complex biological data and has a strong background in teaching and collaborative consulting. His prior roles include research fellow and statistical consultant at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and internships in industry where he tackled real-world problems in oncology and drug development. Fluent in applied and theoretical stats, machine learning cross-trained at MIT, and experienced in large collaborative projects, he brings both methodological depth and practical impact to population and genetic studies. An international scholar educated at Peking University with early public-health fieldwork at UNICEF China, he combines global perspective with hands-on data analysis.

9 years of coding experience

5 years of employment as a software developer

Master of Science (M.S.), Biostatistics, Master of Science (M.S.), Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Cross Registration, Machine Learning, Cross Registration, Machine Learning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics (Statistics), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics (Statistics) at Peking University

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics at Harvard University

Stanford Summer International Honors Program (SSIHP), Stanford Summer International Honors Program (SSIHP) at Stanford University

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Github Skills (23)

statistical-genetics10

genome10

r-package10

sequencing10

bioinformatics10

genomics10

procedure8

mnist6

tensorflow6

p-value6

python6

dataframe6

numpy6

pandas6

Programming languages (6)

TypeScriptJavaC++ShellRPython

Github contributions (5)

xihaoli/MetaSTAAR

Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

Contributions:4 releases, 50 commits, 66 pushes in 1 year 5 months

xihaoli/STAAR

Jul 2019 - Jan 2023

An R package for performing STAAR procedure in whole genome sequencing studies

Contributions:20 releases, 132 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 6 months

r-packagewhole-genome-sequencinggenomesequencinggenomics

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