Chunhua Yan, Ph.D.
Biomedical Informatics Program Manager
- Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology
- Informatics and Data Science Program
- Computational Genomics & Bioinformatics Branch
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Current Role
Current Role
I collaborate with NCI intramural investigators and extramural scientists to study cancer genomes with next generation sequencing technologies. I take part in The Applied Proteogenomics OrganizationaL Learning and Outcomes (APOLLO) network identifying unique targets and pathways for cancer detection and intervention from the proteogenomic data of lung, breast, and ovarian cancers.
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Projects
Projects
Works with NCI labs to analyze genetic data from childhood cancers to help guide less toxic therapies. -
Publications
Publications
Featured Publications
Cross-Site Concordance Evaluation of Tumor DNA and RNA Sequencing Platforms for the CIMAC-CIDC Network. Clinical Cancer Research, 2020.
Assessment of Network Module Identification Across Complex Diseases. Nature Methods, 2019.
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In the News
In the News
Staff from CBIIT and NCI, alongside partners from NIH, FDA, and a consortium of scientists from across the world, joined forces to create reference samples and data call sets to help the cancer community further decipher cancer-related gene mutations. Their findings were recently published in Nature Biotechnology. -
Background
Background
Education
- Ph.D., Structural Biology, University of Maryland at the Baltimore School of Pharmacy
- B.S., Pharmacy, Shanghai Medical School
Previous Work
- Senior Scientist, Celera Genomics