Hongyan Xu

Professor

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

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

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

  • Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, General University of Texas Health Sci, 2003

  • MS, Genetics, General Fudan Univ / Inst of Genetics, 1999

  • BS, Biophysics Fudan Univ / Inst of Genetics, 1996

Awards & Honors

  • Leader of PRIDE Statistical Genetics Group National Institute of Health, 2017

  • NIH Study Section National Institute of Health, 2017

  • Faculty at the The Curriculum in Iron Metabolism & Related Disorders Hosted by the European School of Hematology, 2014

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • STAT 8150

    Adv Genomic Data Analysis
  • MEDI 6220

    Cardiopulmonary/Heme
  • MEDI 6240

    GI/GU/Endocrine
  • STAT 7850

    Omics Data Analysis
  • STAT 7870

    Biostatistical Consul in Resea
  • MEDI 6320

    Brain, Behavior, & Movement
  • DATS 7760

    Data & Visual Analytics
  • MEDI 6120

    Foundations of Medicine
  • MEDI 6330

    Healthcare Across the Lifespan
  • STAT 7750

    Intro to Genetic Analysis
  • MEDI 6130

    Musculoskeletal/Skin
  • DATS 7900

    Capstone Proj in Data Science

Teaching Interests

Biological Sequencing Analysis, Statistical Genetics, Genomics, Computation Biology, Bioinformatics, Big Data

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Interferon hyperactivity impairs cardiogenesis in Down syndrome via downregulation of canonical Wnt signaling., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Unravelling the Impact of Cyclic Mechanical Stretch in Keratoconus-A Transcriptomic Profiling Study., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Rare structural variants, aneuploidies, and mosaicism in individuals with Mullerian aplasia detected by optical genome mapping., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Unexplained Female Infertility Associated with Genetic Disease Variants., 2023
    Other
  • Serum Free Light Chain Quantification Testing: Comparison of Two Methods for Disease Monitoring., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Big data analysis, statistical genetics, genomics, Bayesian statistics, genetic epidemiology, cancer genetics, epigenetics

Department Service

  • Department P&T Committee 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair
  • Department Computation Committee 2016 - 2017

    Role: Committee Chair

College Service

  • Academic House 2016 - 2018

    Role: Faculty Advisor

University Service

  • Statistical Consulting 2023 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Statistical Consulting 2023 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Statistical Consulting 2023 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Statistical consulting 2021 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Statistical consulting 2021 - Present

    Role: Other

Professional Service

  • Georgia Chapter of ASA 2015 - Present

    Role: Member
  • American Society of Human Genetics 2012 - Present

    Role: Reviewer
  • Associate Editor 2009 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Referee 2006 - Present

    Role: Other
  • American Statistical Society 2005 - Present

    Role: Member