Wei Sun, PhD
Wei Sun, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics Program
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
Member
Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch
Dr. Wei Sun is a biostatistician who develops statistical and computational methods and software packages to analyze data for different types of “omics” studies — such as genomics (the study of genes) and proteomics (the study of proteins). His work supports the integration of multiple types of “omics” data from tumor samples to study intra-tumor heterogeneity and tumor microenvironments.
Other Appointments & Affiliations
Affiliated Professor, Biostatistics
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Affiliated Professor, Biostatistics
University of Washington
Education
PhD, Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 2007
MS, Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 2004
BS, Statistics, Peking University, Beijing, 2002
Research Interests
Develop statistical/computational methods and software packages for different types of omic data, including array or sequencing data for germline/somatic point mutations, copy number alterations, DNA methylation, and gene expression.
Integrating multiple types of omic data from tumor samples to study intra-tumor heterogeneity and tumor microenvironments.
Develop statistical methods for high-dimensional data and graphical models.
Current Projects
RNA-seq and allele-specific expression (ASE) analysis
Intra-tumor heterogeneity
Tumor microenvironment
High dimensional graphical model
Single cell RNA-seq data analysis
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