Wei Sun, Ph.D.

faculty member

Wei Sun, Ph.D.

Professor, Biostatistics Program
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch

Fax: 206.667.7004
Mail Stop: M2-B500

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

Ph.D., Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 2007

M.S., Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles, 2004

B.S., 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

Find A Clinical Trial

Dr. Sun in the News

Cleaning up messy molecular associations in tumors

Science Spotlight - June 18, 2018

For the Media

The Media Relations team at Fred Hutch is available to assist members of the news media who would like to arrange interviews with faculty.

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