Team

Yixuan He
Principal Investigator

Before moving to Houston, Yixuan (pronounced Yi-Shwin) lived in Boston where she pursued her PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics at Harvard Medical School in Dr. Chirag Patel’s group. After receiving her PhD (2022), she received post-doctoral training with Dr. Alicia Martin with co-mentorship from Dr. Alexander Gusev and Dr. Jordan Smoller.

Yixuan is particularly interested in understanding the distinct and shared genetic architecture between chronic diseases for precision medicine. For a more formal account of Yixuan’s academic work, please see her CV. In her free time, Yixuan loves to bake, draw, and play with her dog Mido.

Jiawei Tu
PhD Student
Jiawei is a Ph.D. student in the Epidemiology Department at UTHealth Houston. Her research focuses on understanding how genetic and environmental factors influence individual health outcomes and precision medicine. In her free time, Jiawei enjoys playing badminton and tennis.

Siqi Yang
Masters Student
Siqi is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Boston University School of Public Health. She is passionate about conducting research that applies statistical modeling to predict disease risk and outcomes in areas such chronic diseases and infectious disease. Siqi enjoys working with clinical, genetic, and real-world data to better understand health outcomes in diverse populations