Xiting Yan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Biostatistics
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Biography
Dr. Yan received doctoral degrees in both applied statistics and computational biology and bioinformatics. She is interested in genetics, genomics, computational biology, biostatistics, system biology and bioinformatics. Her current research topics include identifying disease heterogeneity and pathogenesis from the molecular level, data integration, identifying disease associated microbiome from longitudinal data, and survival data analysis.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral AssociateYale School of Medicine (2010)
- PhDUniversity of Southern California, Biological Science Department/Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (2009)
- PhDPeking University, Department of Probability and Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences/Applied Statistics (2006)
- BSPeking University, Department of Probability and Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences/Probability and Statistics (2001)
Activities
- ATS 2017Washington, United States 2017
- Keystone Symposia: Asthma: From Pathway Biology to Precision TherapeuticsKeystone, United States 2017
- Gene Expression Analysis Pipeline for Ion Torrent RNAseq DataDenver, United States 2015
- RNAseq in Sarcoidosis and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency PatientsDenver, United States 2015
- Non-invasive Analysis of the Airway Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of AsthmaDenver, United States 2015
- Non-invasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of AsthmaWashington, United States 2015
- Identifying Asthma Heterogeneity from Gene Expression Data by Integrating Pathway InformationResearch Triangle Park, United States 2015
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The YCCI Scholar Award, Yale University School of Medicine | Yale Center for Clinical Investigation | 2014 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Data Analysis and Bioinformatics Hub, Center for Pulmonary Personalized Medicine (P2MED), Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine | Data Analysis and Bioinformatics Hub, Center for Pulmonary Personalized Medicine (P2MED) | 2014 - Present |
| Biostatistics Resource, Keck Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine | Biostatistics Resource of Keck Laboratory: provide data analysis service for yale biomedical research community | 2011 - 2014 |