Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Long Research Group

Current Group Members


Principal Investigator

Qi Long, PhD

Qi Long, PhD
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
 qlong@upenn.edu
 215-573-0659
 https://www.dbei.med.upenn.edu/bio/qi-long-phd
 Curriculum Vitae

Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, The Wharton School
Founding Director, Penn Center for Cancer Data Science
Associate Director, Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics
Director, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Abramson Cancer Center
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA)
Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI)



Affiliated Faculty Members

Sandra Safo, PhD

Sandra Safo, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
 https://sites.google.com/site/sandraaddosafo/

PhD, Statistics, University of Georgia, 2014;
MS, Applied Mathematics, University of Akron, 2009;
BA, Economics and Mathematics, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 2006


Yi-An Ko, PhD

Yi-An Ko, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Emory University
 https://sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/#!YKO8

PhD, Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 2014;
MS, Biokinesiology, University of Southern California, 2007;
BS, National Taiwan University, 2004



Postdoctoral Fellows

Qiyiwen (Amber) Zhang, PhD

Qiyiwen (Amber) Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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PhD, Statistics, Washington University at St Louis, 2020


Wenrui Li, PhD

Wenrui Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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PhD, Statistics, Boston University, 2021


Davoud Ataee Tarzanagh, PhD

Davoud Ataee Tarzanagh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-mentor: Li Shen, PhD)
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PhD, Mathematics, University of Florida, 2020


Yi Lian, PhD

Yi Lian, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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PhD, Biostatistics, McGill University, 2022


Jiancong Xiao, PhD

Jiancong Xiao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-mentor: Weijie Su, PhD)
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PhD, Computer and Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2023


Xiang Li, PhD

Xiang Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-mentor: Weijie Su, PhD)
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PhD in Mathematics, Peking University, 2023



Graduate Students

Emily Getzen

Emily Getzen
PhD Student in Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
 https://www.emilygetzen.com
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BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019


Gary Hettinger

Gary Hettinger
PhD Student in Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
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BS, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Brown University, 2017


Konstantinos Tsingas

Konstantinos Tsingas
PhD Student in Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
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Inyoung Choi

Inyoung Choi
PhD Student in Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
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Jingxuan Bao

Jingxuan Bao
PhD Student in Genomics and Computational Biology, University of Pennsylvania (co-mentor: Li Shen, PhD)
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Jenna Ballard

Jenna Ballard
PhD Student in Genomics and Computational Biology, University of Pennsylvania (co-mentor: Li Shen, PhD)
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Travyse Edwards

Travyse Edwards
PhD Student in Genomics and Computational Biology, University of Pennsylvania
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Zhuoping Zhou

Zhuoping Zhou
PhD Student in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania (co-mentor: Li Shen, PhD)
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Weiqing He

Weiqing He
PhD Student in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania (co-mentor: Li Shen, PhD)


Kewen Qu

Kewen Qu
Masters Student in Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
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Yihao Wang

Yihao Wang
Masters Student in Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania (Co-mentor: Chong Jin)



Undergraduate Students

Ryan Liu

Ryan Liu
University of Pennsylvania
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Tin Do

Tin Do
Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania
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Abdullah Ali

Abdullah Ali
Undergraduate in Computer Science and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College
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High-School Students

Jeffrey Zhang

Jeffrey Zhang
Concord College, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom


Michael Liu

Michael Liu
Mission San Jose High School (MSJHS), Fremont, CA
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