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Li Hsu

Researcher Next ID · RN-043071

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Accepting doctoral researchersFunding unknown
Works count
601
Citation count
9,576
H-index
48
i10-index
134

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Publications

  • Selection, optimization and validation of ten chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations

    Nature Medicine · 2024 · 10.1038/s41591-024-02796-z

  • Genome-wide association studies and Mendelian randomization analyses provide insights into the causes of early-onset colorectal cancer

    Annals of Oncology · 2024 · 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.02.008

  • Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study

    BMC Medicine · 2020 · 10.1186/s12916-020-01855-9

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis

    Nature Communications · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14389-8

  • Landscape of somatic single nucleotide variants and indels in colorectal cancer and impact on survival

    Nature Communications · 2020 · 10.1038/s41467-020-17386-z

  • Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk

    The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.07.006

  • Circulating Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Associate With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Based on Serologic and Mendelian Randomization Analyses

    Gastroenterology · 2019 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.12.020

  • Genetic Mechanisms of Immune Evasion in Colorectal Cancer

    Cancer Discovery · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-17-1327

  • Strongly enhanced colorectal cancer risk stratification by combining family history and genetic risk score

    Clinical Epidemiology · 2018 · 10.2147/clep.s145636

  • Update on the State of the Science for Analytical Methods for Gene-Environment Interactions

    American Journal of Epidemiology · 2017 · 10.1093/aje/kwx228

  • Winner's Curse Correction and Variable Thresholding Improve Performance of Polygenic Risk Modeling Based on Genome-Wide Association Study Summary-Level Data

    PLoS Genetics · 2016 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006493

  • Identification of Susceptibility Loci and Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk

    Gastroenterology · 2016 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.076

  • Whole‐genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture

    Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14878

  • Association of Aspirin and NSAID Use With Risk of Colorectal Cancer According to Genetic Variants

    JAMA · 2015 · 10.1001/jama.2015.1815

  • Mendelian Randomization Study of Body Mass Index and Colorectal Cancer Risk

    Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · 2015 · 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-1309

  • Trans-ethnic genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer identifies a new susceptibility locus in VTI1A

    Nature Communications · 2014 · 10.1038/ncomms5613

  • Rare and low-frequency coding variants in CXCR2 and other genes are associated with hematological traits

    Nature Genetics · 2014 · 10.1038/ng.2962

  • A Unified Mixed‐Effects Model for Rare‐Variant Association in Sequencing Studies

    Genetic Epidemiology · 2013 · 10.1002/gepi.21717

  • Characterization of Gene–Environment Interactions for Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility Loci

    Cancer Research · 2012 · 10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-4067

  • Meta-analysis of new genome-wide association studies of colorectal cancer risk

    Human Genetics · 2011 · 10.1007/s00439-011-1055-0

  • Extreme variability among mammalian V1R gene families

    Genome Research · 2009 · 10.1101/gr.098913.109

  • Prevalence and Predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population-Based Study of Breast Cancer in White and Black American Women Ages 35 to 64 Years

    Cancer Research · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-0503

  • Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization Analysis of Genomic Alterations in Breast Cancer Subtypes

    Cancer Research · 2004 · 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-1992

  • Sequence Analysis Using Logic Regression

    Genetic Epidemiology · 2001 · 10.1002/gepi.2001.21.s1.s626

  • HIV Quasispecies and Resampling

    Science · 1996 · 10.1126/science.273.5274.415

Current projects

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