Biography:
Dr. Chun Xu received her MD, MSc from Harbin Medical School, and received her PhD degree from Karolinska Institute at Stockholm, Sweden. At present, she is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Dr. Xu is an educator, research scientist and is responsible for education, translational research on biomarker identification for human complex traits (e.g., neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and treatment responses. Recently, she applied cutting-edge technologies for meaningful biomarker discovery for diseases and treatment responses. Aabove key findings have been published and presented at national/international conferences. She published over 70 peer-reviewed papers.
Title : APOE gene associated with dementia related disorders and neuropsychiatric related phenotypes in the Hispanic/Latino population