Quan Sun, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Room 9061, Colket Translational Research Building,
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-9035
Education:
BS (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)
Zhejiang University, 2019.
PhD (Biostatistics)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024.
Permanent linkBS (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)
Zhejiang University, 2019.
PhD (Biostatistics)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024.
Description of Research Expertise
statistical genetics and genomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, genetic epidemiologySelected Publications
Nagarajan P, Winkler TW, Bentley AR, Miller CL, Kraja AT, Schwander K, Lee S, Wang W, Brown MR, Morrison JL, Giri A, O'Connell JR, Bartz TM, de Las Fuentes L, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris SE, Huang Z, Kals M, Kho M, Lefevre C, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, Palmer ND, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Shen B, Stadler S, Sun Q, Tang J, Thériault S, van der Graaf A, van der Most PJ, Wang Y, Weiss S, Westerman KE, Yang Q, Yasuharu T, Zhao W, Zhu W, Altschul D, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Argoty-Pantoja AD, Arzt M, Aschard H, Attia JR, Bazzanno L, Breyer MA, Brody JA, Cade BE, Chen HH, Chen YI, Chen Z, de Vries PS, Dimitrov LM, Do A, Du J, Dupont CT, Edwards TL, Evans MK, Faquih T, Felix SB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Floyd JS, Graff M, Gu C, Gu D, Hairston KG, Hanley AJ, Heid IM, Heikkinen S, Highland HM, Hood MM, Kähönen M, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kawaguchi T, Kazuya S, Kelly TN, Komulainen P, Levy D, Lin HJ, Liu PY, Marques-Vidal P, McCormick JB, Mei H, Meigs JB, Menni C, Nam K, Nolte IM, Pacheco NL, Petty LE, Polikowsky HG, Province MA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Rich SS, et al.: A large-scale genome-wide study of gene-sleep duration interactions for blood pressure in 811,405 individuals from diverse populations. Mol Psychiatry 30(8): 3660-3672, Aug 2025.Broadaway KA*, Sun Q*, Edmiston SN, Currin KW, Vadlamudi S, Miller-Fleming TW, Shi Y, Fajgenbaum K, Melendez-Gonzalez M, Bui H, Blum FR, Westerkam L, Shams R, Mallela T, Levitt B, Lin L, Hao H, Memili A, Straub P, Zhou W, Harris KM, Martin A, Cox NJ, Liu Z, Thomas NE, Li Y, Mohlke KL, Sayed CJ.: Genomic loci and molecular genetic mechanisms for hidradenitis suppurativa. Br J Dermatol Jul 2025.
Khan AT, Adebamowo C, Fullerton SM, Hirbo J, Konigsberg IR, Kraft P, Martin I, Nelson SC, Ramsay M, Wojcik GL, Adebamowo SN, Conomos MP, Darst BF, Hysong MR, Li Y, Martin AR, Mathias RA, Rich SS, Sakoda LC, Schrider DR, Sharma J, Smith JL, Sun Q, Zhang Y; Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations (PRIMED) Consortium; Gogarten SM.: A data model for population descriptors in genomic research. Am J Hum Genet 112: 1504-1514, Jul 2025.
Best LG, Reese JA, Cole SA, Haack K, Fabsitz RR, Fretts AM, Zhang Y, Umans JG, Franceschini, N, Sun Q: The ACE I/D polymorphism in relation to hypertension, cardiovascular and kidney diseases: The Strong Heart Study. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 26: 14703203251351104, June 2025.
Kharitonova EV, Sun Q, Ockerman F, Chen B, Zhou LY, Hysong MR, Tuftin B, Cao H, Mathias RA, Auer PL, Ober C, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, Cox NJ, Kelada SNP, Tao R, Li Y.: EndoPRS: Incorporating endophenotype information to improve polygenic risk scores for clinical endpoints-A study in asthma. Am J Hum Genet 112: 1199-1214, May 2025.
Sun Z, Yi Z, Wei C, Wang W, Ren T, Cravedi P, Tedla F, Ward SC, Azeloglu E, Schrider DR, Li Y, Khan A, Zanoni F, Fu J, Ali S, Liu S, Liang D, Liu T, Li H, Xi C, Vy TH, Mosoyan G, Sun Q, Kumar A, Zhang Z, Farouk S, Campell K, Ochando J, Lee K, Coca S, Xiang J, Connolly P, Gallon L, O'Connell PJ, Colvin R, Menon MC, Nadkarni G, He JC, Kraft M, Jiang X, Zhang X, Kiryluk K, Cherukuri A, Lakkis FG, Zhang W, Chen SH, Heeger PS, Zhang W.: LILRB3 genetic variation is associated with kidney transplant failure in African American recipients. Nat Med 31(5): 1677-1687, May 2025.
Sun Q#, Horimoto ARVR, Chen B, Ockerman F, Mohlke KL, Blue E, Raffield LM, Li Y#.: Opportunities and challenges of local ancestry in genetic association analyses. Am J Hum Genet 112(4): 727-740, Apr 2025.
Sun Q*#, Du J*, Tang Y*, Best LG, Haack K, Zhang Y, Cole SA, Franceschini N#.: Polygenic Scores of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in American Indian Adults. JAMA Netw Open 8(3): e250535, Mar 2025.
Liu S, Zhu J, Zhong H, Wu C, Xue H, Darst BF, Guo X, Durda P, Tracy RP, Liu Y, Johnson WC, Taylor KD, Manichaikul AW, Goodarzi MO, Gerszten RE, Clish CB, Chen YI, Highland H, Haiman CA, Gignoux CR, Lange L, Conti DV, Raffield LM, Wilkens L, Marchand LL, North KE, Young KL, Loos RJ, Buyske S, Matise T, Peters U, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Yu B, Boerwinkle E, Sun Q, Rooney MR, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Daviglus ML, Qi Q, Mancuso N, Li C, Deng Y, Manning A, Meigs JB, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Wu L.: Identification of proteins associated with type 2 diabetes risk in diverse racial and ethnic populations. Diabetologia 37(12): 2754-2770, Dec 2024.
Ling H, Raraigh KS, Pugh EW, Aksit MA, Zhang P, Pace RG, Faino AV, Bamshad MJ, Gibson RL, O'Neal W, Knowles MR, Blackman SM, Cutting GR; CF Genome Project.: Genetic modifiers of body mass index in individuals with cystic fibrosis. Am J Hum Genet 111: 2203-2218, Oct 2024.