Han Chen
Associate Professor
713/500-9958
Reuel Stallones Building
1200 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030
About
Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in biostatistics from Boston University School of Public Health in 2013, and finished his postdoctoral training at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, before joining UTHealth Houston School of Public Health (SPH) as an Assistant Professor in 2016. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston SPH. He is also a Regular Faculty Member in the Genetics and Epigenetics, as well as Quantitative Sciences programs at the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS). Dr. Chen's research interests mainly focus on statistical genetics and genomics, including computational methods for analyzing large-scale sequencing and omics data, parametric and semiparametric statistical models for correlated data analysis, rare genetic variant association analysis, meta-analysis, gene-environment interactions, identity-by-descent mapping, with applications to complex disease genetics and epidemiology.
Center Affiliation
Research Interests
- Big Data/Data Science
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Genetics and -omics