Xihao Li
Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolXihao 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 HealthCross Registration, Machine Learning, Cross Registration, Machine Learning at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics (Statistics), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics (Statistics) at Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics at Harvard UniversityStanford Summer International Honors Program (SSIHP), Stanford Summer International Honors Program (SSIHP) at Stanford University
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Github Skills (18)
r-package10
r10
meta-analysis10
sequencing10
statistical-genetics10
image6
mnist6
tensorflow6
p-value6
python6
dataframe6
numpy6
pandas6
kolmogorov-smirnov6
barrage4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
li-lab-genetics/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
rr-packagesequencingwhole-genome-sequencingstatistical-genetics
li-lab-genetics/STAARpipeline-Tutorial
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
The tutorial for performing single-/multi-trait association analysis of whole-genome/whole-exome sequencing (WGS/WES) studies using FAVORannotator, STAARpipeline and STAARpipelineSummary
Contributions:1 release, 110 commits, 130 pushes in 1 year 2 months
sequencingstatistical-geneticswhole-exome-sequencingwhole-genome-sequencingfunctional-annotation
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