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Name	Zhi-Xiu Li
Contact Information	lizx3@sustech.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Zhi-Xiu Li

Contact Information

lizx3@sustech.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Southern University of Science and Technology
Faculty	Medical School
Academic Background & Achievements	2009-2015 PhD: Indiana University, School of Informatics 2005-2009 Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China, School of Life Sciences
Work Experience	2023.12-Present - Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Associate Professor 2023.06-2023.12 - Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Assistant Professor 2018-2022 - Queensland University of Technology, Vice-Chancellor Research Fellow 2016-2018 - Queensland University of Technology, Postdoctoral Researcher 2014-2016 - University of Queensland, Postdoctoral Researcher
Awards	2019 APLAR Best Abstract Award

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Southern University of Science and Technology

Faculty

Medical School

Academic Background & Achievements

2009-2015 PhD: Indiana University, School of Informatics
2005-2009 Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China, School of Life Sciences

Work Experience

2023.12-Present - Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Associate Professor
2023.06-2023.12 - Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Assistant Professor
2018-2022 - Queensland University of Technology, Vice-Chancellor Research Fellow
2016-2018 - Queensland University of Technology, Postdoctoral Researcher
2014-2016 - University of Queensland, Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards

2019 APLAR Best Abstract Award

Areas of Focus	Genetic and non-genetic causes of chronic and complex diseases such as immune diseases Early diagnosis, precision intervention, and management of diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, and development of related methods Precision vaccine design for major infectious diseases and viruses
Publications	Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., McRae, A. F., Wang, G., et al., 2023 HLA-B27, axial spondyloarthritis and survival, Li, Z., Khan, M. K., Linden, S. M. van der, et al., 2023 Heterogeneity of axial spondyloarthritis: genetics, sex and structural damage matter, Li, Z., Linden, S. M. van der, Khan, M. A., et al., 2022 Genome wide association study of response to interval and continuous exercise training: the Predict-HIIT study, Williams, C. J., Li, Z., Harvey, N., et al., 2021 Polygenic Risk Scores have high diagnostic capacity in ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., Wu, X., Leo, P. J., et al., 2021 MHC associations of ankylosing spondylitis in East Asians are complex and involve non-HLA-B27 HLA contributions, Wang, G., Kim, T.-H., Li, Z., et al., 2020 Genome-wide association study in Turkish and Iranian populations identify rare familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) polymorphisms associated with ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., Akar, S., Yarkan, H., et al., 2019 Progress of genome-wide association studies of ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z. & Brown, M. A., 2017 Epigenetic and gene expression analysis of ankylosing spondylitis-associated loci implicate immune cells and the gut in the disease pathogenesis, Li, Z., Haynes, K., Pennisi, D. J., et al., 2017 Direct prediction of profiles of sequences compatible with a protein structure by neural networks with fragment-based local and energy-based nonlocal profiles, Li, Z., Yang, Y., Faraggi, E., Zhan, J. & Zhou, Y., 2014 Energy Functions in De Novo Protein Design: Current Challenges and Future Prospects, Li, Z., Yang, Y., Zhan, J., Dai, L. & Zhou, Y., 2013

Areas of Focus

Genetic and non-genetic causes of chronic and complex diseases such as immune diseases
Early diagnosis, precision intervention, and management of diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, and development of related methods
Precision vaccine design for major infectious diseases and viruses

Publications

Genotype by sex interactions in ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., McRae, A. F., Wang, G., et al., 2023
HLA-B27, axial spondyloarthritis and survival, Li, Z., Khan, M. K., Linden, S. M. van der, et al., 2023
Heterogeneity of axial spondyloarthritis: genetics, sex and structural damage matter, Li, Z., Linden, S. M. van der, Khan, M. A., et al., 2022
Genome wide association study of response to interval and continuous exercise training: the Predict-HIIT study, Williams, C. J., Li, Z., Harvey, N., et al., 2021
Polygenic Risk Scores have high diagnostic capacity in ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., Wu, X., Leo, P. J., et al., 2021
MHC associations of ankylosing spondylitis in East Asians are complex and involve non-HLA-B27 HLA contributions, Wang, G., Kim, T.-H., Li, Z., et al., 2020
Genome-wide association study in Turkish and Iranian populations identify rare familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) polymorphisms associated with ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z., Akar, S., Yarkan, H., et al., 2019
Progress of genome-wide association studies of ankylosing spondylitis, Li, Z. & Brown, M. A., 2017
Epigenetic and gene expression analysis of ankylosing spondylitis-associated loci implicate immune cells and the gut in the disease pathogenesis, Li, Z., Haynes, K., Pennisi, D. J., et al., 2017
Direct prediction of profiles of sequences compatible with a protein structure by neural networks with fragment-based local and energy-based nonlocal profiles, Li, Z., Yang, Y., Faraggi, E., Zhan, J. & Zhou, Y., 2014
Energy Functions in De Novo Protein Design: Current Challenges and Future Prospects, Li, Z., Yang, Y., Zhan, J., Dai, L. & Zhou, Y., 2013

Immune Diseases Chronic Diseases Complex Diseases Genetics Non-Genetic Causes Ankylosing Spondylitis Early Diagnosis Precision Intervention Disease Management Vaccine Design

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