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@XihongLin

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Professor of @HarvardBiostats & @HarvardStats, (Bio)statistics,Data Science,Genetics Genomics,Epidemiology,Health, Education,COVID19 analysis,Views are all mine

Boston, MA
Joined August 2017
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@xihaoli
Xihao Li
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We’re excited to share our latest publication in @CellGenomics: “Streamlining Large-Scale Genomic Data Management: Insights from the UK Biobank Whole-Genome Sequencing Data”. Sincerely thanks to @drarwood, @muzizimumu1, @XihongLin, Yuxin Yuan, Gareth Hawkes, Robin Beaumont,
@CellGenomics
Cell Genomics
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Streamlining large-scale genomic data management: Insights from the UK Biobank whole-genome sequencing data
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@AASForumOrg
Asian American Scholar Forum
5 months
You are invited to an engaging webinar on March 7 hosted by @AAASE_ORG and AASF, featuring Professor Yi Cui, a member of the AASF Board & a leading innovator in sustainability technologies. Register: https://t.co/PTGaq1iWSq
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
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Our review article on Causal Mediation Analysis for Integrating Exposure, Genomic, and Phenotype Data has appeared in ARSIA. We give an overview of methods for large-scale tests for mediators, which require testing for a large number of composite nulls. https://t.co/U42dTokbBX
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@NatComputSci
Nature Computational Science
7 months
📢Out now! @xihaoli, @pnatarajanmd, @muzizimumu1, @ZHLiu13, @XihongLin, and colleagues from @nih_nhlbi present a framework for functionally-informed multi-trait rare variant analysis of biobank-scale sequencing studies. https://t.co/judklgK1eO 🔓 https://t.co/0ua7YW6Dko
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@HarvardBiostats
Harvard Biostatistics
11 months
The Department of Biostatistics is seeking candidates for two open faculty positions. Deadline to Apply: December 1. 1. Professor of Biostatistics and Director of CBAR https://t.co/ApOeYBHHon 2. Assistant/Associate Professor of Biostatistics: https://t.co/3TVwTh9NdH
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@Luke0connor
Luke O'Connor
11 months
Excited to share our preprint, describing a method for heritability partitioning with GWAS sumstats that significantly improves upon S-LDSC Led by the fantastic Hui Li, and co-supervised by @XihongLin #ASHG24 poster 4089F https://t.co/RHE6Es1Joi
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medrxiv.org
Heritability enrichment analysis using data from Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) is often used to understand the functional basis of genetic architecture. Stratified LD score regression...
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@AASForumOrg
Asian American Scholar Forum
1 year
At this time tomorrow, we’ll be kicking off our conversation with @NIHDirector and @NIH Principal Deputy Director. If you haven’t registered to join us for this public Forum, there’s still time to join us. Click here to RSVP: https://t.co/5lop91ByvR
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Our new paper on semi-supervised machine learning method for predicting homogeneous ancestry groups to assess HWE in diverse whole #genome sequencing studies. The work was motivated by NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program - CCDG data. Applied to HWE QC of 60,000+ diverse whole genomes
@AJHGNews
AJHG
1 year
📢Online now! 📰Semi-supervised machine learning method for predicting homogeneous ancestry groups to assess Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in diverse whole #genome sequencing studies 🧑‍🤝‍🧑@xihonglin @bmneale @mczody & co https://t.co/0rAce5EFkM
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Join us for the 2024 Harvard PQG conference on "AI for Genomics and Health" in Boston on Oct 17-18, 2024. A fantastic lineup of speakers. See three topics below. Early bird registration and abstracts due on 9/15. Stellar abstract awards. Pls RT https://t.co/iN3P3JvzYS
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Thanks KDD for inviting me to give a keynote talk . It was my first time to attend the KDD meeting. I very much enjoyed it and learned a lot.
@kdd_news
SIGKDD 2025
1 year
Third keynote speaker at #KDD2024! ✨ @XihongLin, professor at @HarvardBiostats & @HarvardStats, is giving a talk on "Empowering an End-to-end Scalable and Interpretable Data Science Ecosystem using Statistics, AI and Domain Science" 📊
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Congrats to Zack McCaw, Jianhui Gao, and Jessica Gronsbell!
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
SynSurr uses ML models to predict synthetic surrogates and jointly models the synthetic surrogate and the target outcome. It is robust to misspecification of imputation models (2/)
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Analysis of biobanks is challenged by missing values of phenotypes. Our new paper on using ML-based synthetic surrogate analysis (SynSurr) to improve power for GWAS of partially missing phenotypes in population biobanks. https://t.co/1cCBIiz1MW (1/)
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Our Statistics Science Interview of Ray Carroll about his career, joint with @nilanjan10c . Ray is an outstanding statistician and scientist. He has been a wonderful mentor of many, not just his students and postdocs, but many who are not. https://t.co/1P9XLSa9m2
projecteuclid.org
Raymond J. Carroll is Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Nutrition and Toxicology at Texas A& M University, USA. He has made fundamental contributions to numerous statistical and health science...
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@DrSamira_Asma
Samira Asma
1 year
🚨Hiring @WHO Director of Data & Analytics 🔹 Lead efforts to use accurate, timely data to improve global health 🔹 Empower countries to reach health goals with data-driven policies 🔹 Accelerate progress to the SDGs & Triple Billion targets Apply 🔽 https://t.co/MOvepwDDZ8
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@AASForumOrg
Asian American Scholar Forum
1 year
BREAKING: Join @AASForumOrg on 9/19 at 3pm ET as we host a Public Forum with @NIH leadership. Speakers will include @NIHDirector Dr. Bertagnolli & NIH Principal Deputy Director, Dr. Tabak. Open to the public! Register here: https://t.co/LcuV3AQHF8
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
I am honored to give a keynote talk at the ACM KDD annual meeting next week in Barcelona on "Empowering an End-to-end Scalable and Interpretable Data Science Ecosystem using Statistics, AI and Domain”
@kdd_news
SIGKDD 2025
1 year
Excited to announce our great third keynote speaker at #KDD2024, @XihongLin! ✨ Xihong Lin, professor @HarvardBiostats & @HarvardStats, will give her talk "Empowering an End-to-end Scalable and Interpretable Data Science Ecosystem using Statistics, AI and Domain Science" 📊
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@james_y_zou
James Zou
1 year
Excited to co-organize the 2024 PQG #AI for #Genomics & #Health Conference. Fantastic speakers who are pioneers in the field! Registration https://t.co/kG8HCjQg6a
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@jmuiuc
Jian Ma
1 year
Excited to co-organize PQG w/ @marinkazitnik @james_y_zou @elhamazizi @XihongLin @BoWang87 Kyle Vogan. This year's themes will cover AI for Genomics, AI for Precision/Translational Medicine and Healthcare, and Emerging topics in Generative AI.
@marinkazitnik
Marinka Zitnik
1 year
Join us for the AI for Genomics and Health Conference, the 2024 @Harvard PQG Conference, to discuss advances of AI in translational medicine and health https://t.co/LQlzLnBCoI Fantastic co-organizers @james_y_zou @elhamazizi @XihongLin @jmuiuc @BoWang87 K Vogan @HarvardChanSPH
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@XihongLin
Xihong Lin
1 year
Please join us for the 2024 PQG conference on AI for genomics and Health on Oct 17-18. A fantastic speaker lineup
@marinkazitnik
Marinka Zitnik
1 year
Join us for the AI for Genomics and Health Conference, the 2024 @Harvard PQG Conference, to discuss advances of AI in translational medicine and health https://t.co/LQlzLnBCoI Fantastic co-organizers @james_y_zou @elhamazizi @XihongLin @jmuiuc @BoWang87 K Vogan @HarvardChanSPH
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