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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STAT 8150
Adv Genomic Data Analysis
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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
Teaching Interests
Biological Sequencing Analysis, Statistical Genetics, Genomics, Computation Biology, Bioinformatics, Big Data
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Exploring New Links Among Keratoconus, Hormonal Factors, and Medications: Insights From a Case-Control Study Utilizing the All of Us Database., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Influence of dexamethasone-induced matrices on the TM transcriptome., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Nutrition's checkpoint inhibition: The impact of nutrition on immunotherapy outcomes., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Pseudogene GSTM3P1 derived long non-coding RNA promotes ischemic acute kidney injury by target directed microRNA degradation of kidney-protective mir-668., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Predictors of fracture in middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity., 2024
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
