Hongyan Xu
Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Population Health Science: Biostats & Data Science
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Population Health Science
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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STAT 8890
Readings and Research
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GNMD 8051
Translational Genom/Proteomic
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STAT 7750
Intro to Genetic Analysis
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DATS 7510
Programming for Data Analysis
Teaching Interests
Biological Sequencing Analysis, Statistical Genetics, Genomics, Computation Biology, Bioinformatics, Big Data
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Regulation of iron homeostasis through the erythroferrone-hepcidin axis in sickle cell disease., 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Candidate Regulators of Dyslipidemia in Chromosome 1 Substitution Lines Using Liver Co-Expression Profiling Analysis., 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- LAMP-2B regulates human cardiomyocyte function by mediating autophagosome-lysosome fusion, 2019
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- PPIP5K2 and PCSK1 are Candidate Genetic Contributors to Familial Keratoconus., 2019
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Increased Intracranial Pressure Damages Optic Nerve Structural Support., 2019
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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2020 - Present
Role: Other
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2020 - Present
Role: Other
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2019 - Present
Role: Other
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2019 - Present
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2019 - 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
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American Statistical Society
2005 - Present
Role: Member
