Quan Sun, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
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
Sun Q, Li Y. : Advances in haplotype phasing and genotype imputation. Nat Rev Genet. 27(2): 155-169, Feb 2026.Reynolds KM, Sha D, Sun Q, Parsa A, Chen J, Rincon-Choles H, Dubin R, He J, Hsu CY, Yaffe K, Shah V, Raj D, Rosas SE, Lash JP, Morris AP, Franceschini N; CRIC Study Investigators.: Diabetes Genetic Clusters and Clinical Outcomes in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 21: 221-228, Feb 2026.
Wendland ZD, Teerlink CC, Pridgen KM, Lo S, Sayed C, van Straalen KR, Tcheandjieu C, Tsao PS, Chang KM, Li Y, Mohlke KL, Sun Q, Lynch JA, Goldfarb N.: A genome-wide association study of hidradenitis suppurativa from the VA's Million Veteran Program. Dermatology Feb 2026.
Nicholas JC, Katz DH, Tahir UA, Debban CL, Aguet F, Blackwell T, Bowler RP, Broadaway KA, Chen J, Clish CB, Coresh J, Cornell E, Cruz DE, Deo R, Doyle MF, Durda P, Ekunwe L, Floyd JS, Gill D, Guo X, Hoogeveen RC, Johnson C, Lange LA, Li Y, Manning A, Meigs JB, Mi MY, Mychaleckyj JC, Olson NC, Pratte KA, Psaty BM, Reiner AP, Ruan P, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Shah AM, Sun Q, Tracy RP, Wen J, Wood AC, Wilson JG, Young KL, Yu B, Rooney MR, Manichaikul A, Dubin R, Mohlke KL, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Ganz P, Gerszten RE, Taylor KD, Raffield LM.: Cross-ancestry comparison of aptamer and antibody protein measures. Nat Commun 17: 1054, Jan 2026.
Noordam R, Wang W, Nagarajan P, Wang H, Brown MR, Bentley AR, Hui Q, Kraja AT, Morrison JL, O'Connel JR, Lee S, Schwander K, Bartz TM, de Las Fuentes L, Feitosa MF, Guo X, Hanfei X, Harris SE, Huang Z, Kals M, Lefevre C, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, van der Most PJ, Pacheco NL, Palmer ND, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Sun Q, Tabara Y, Vojinovic D, Wang Y, Weiss S, Yang Q, Zhao W, Zhu W, Ansari MAY, Aschard H, Anugu P, Assimes TL, Attia J, Baker LD, Ballantyne C, Bazzano L, Boerwinkle E, Cade B, Chen HH, Chen W, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cho K, De Anda-Duran I, Dimitrov L, Do A, Edwards T, Faquih T, Hingorani A, Fisher-Hoch SP, Gaziano JM, Gharib SA, Giri A, Ghanbari M, Grabe HJ, Graff M, Charles Gu C, He J, Heikkinen S, Hixson J, Ho YL, Hood MM, Houghton SC, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kawaguchi T, Kilpeläinen TO, Komulainen P, Lin HJ, Linchangco GV Jr, Luik AI, Ma J, Meigs JB, McCormick JB, Menni C, Nolte IM, Norris JM, Petty LE, Polikowsky HG, Raffield LM, Rich SS, Riha RL, Russ TC, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Snieder H, Sofer T, Shen B, Tang J, Taylor KD, Teder-Laving M, Triatin R, et al.: Genome-wide gene-sleep interaction study identifies novel lipid loci in 732,564 participants. Atherosclerosis 412(120603), Jan 2026.
Lee S, Miller CL, Bentley AR, Brown MR, Nagarajan P, Noordam R, Morrison JL, Schwander K, Westerman K, Kho M, Kraja AT, de Vries PS, Ammous F, Aschard H, Bartz TM, Do A, Dupont CT, Feitosa MF, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris SE, Hikino K, Huang Z, Lefevre C, Lyytikäinen LP, Milaneschi Y, Nardone GG, Santin A, Schmidt H, Shen B, Sofer T, Sun Q, Tan YA, Tang J, Thériault S, van der Most PJ, Ware EB, Weiss S, Xing WY, Yu C, Zhao W, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Attia JR, Bazzano LA, Bis JC, Breyer M, Cade B, Chen G, Collins S, Corley J, Davies G, Dörr M, Du J, Edwards TL, Faquih T, Faul JD, Fohner AE, Fretts AM, Gangireddy S, Gepner A, Graff M, Hofer E, Homuth G, Hood MM, Jie X, Kähönen M, Kardia SLR, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Launer LJ, Levy D, Maheshwari M, Martin LW, Matsuda K, McNeil JJ, Nolte IM, Okochi T, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Risch L, Risch M, Roux AD, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Russ TC, Saito T, Schreiner PJ, Scott RJ, Shikany J, Smith JA, Snieder H, Spedicati B, Tai ES, Taylor AM, Taylor KD, Tesolin P, van Dam RM, Wang R, Wenbin W, Xie T, Yao J, et al.: Large-scale blood pressure GWAS accounting for gene-depression interactions in 564,680 individuals from diverse populations. HGG Adv 7: 100566, Jan 2026.
Smith JL, Adebamowo CA, Adebamowo SN, Darst BF, Fullerton SM, Gogarten SM, Hamed ME, Hirbo JB, Hysong MR, Johar AS, Khan AT, Kullo IJ, Konigsberg IR, Kraft P, Lange LA, Li Y, Martin AR, Nelson SC, Choudhury A, Ramsay M, Cobran EK, Schaid DJ, Sharma J, Wang Y, Wojcik GL; Polygenic Risk Methods Development (PRIMED) Consortium; Sun Q.: Recommendations for responsible use of population descriptors in polygenic risk score development. Nat Genet 57(12): 2962-2971, Dec 2025.
Liu C, Joehanes R, Ma J, Xie J, Yang J, Wang M, Huan T, Hwang SJ, Wen J, Sun Q, Demirkale CY, Heard-Costa NL, Orchard P, Carson AP, Haessler JW, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, Franceschini N, Auer PL, Kooperberg C, Li Y, O'Connor G, Murabito JM, Munson P, Levy D.: Integrating whole genome and transcriptome sequencing to characterize the genetic architecture of isoform variation. Nat Commun 16: 10615, Nov 2025.
Tang C, Sun Q, Zeng X, Li G, Yang X, Liu F, Zhao J, Shen Y, Liu B, Wen J, Li Y.: Cell type-specific inference from bulk RNA-sequencing data by integrating single-cell reference profiles via EPIC-unmix. Genome Biol 26: 395, Nov 2025.
Drzymalla E, Avery C, Palta P, Reiner AP, Sun Q, Raffield LM.: Association between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and Alzheimer's disease in large biobank cohorts. J Alzheimers Dis 108(3): 1302-1311, Oct 2025.