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Pixu Shi

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Integrative Genomics

Research Interests


Statistical Methods for Microbiome Studies
Cancer Genomics
Integration of Omic Data
High-Dimensional Statistics

Selected Grants


Prenatal maternal obesity and neurodevelopment: The mediating role of the microbiome and metabolome

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2028

Biomarker validation for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2018 - 2028

Nutritional deficiency and dopamine: A neurodevelopmental study of starvation effects in adolescent anorexia nervosa

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. · 2022 - 2027

A spatially resolved joint cortical metabolome and proteome in aging and menopause for the rhesus macaque

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2027

Prenatal maternal obesity and neurodevelopment: The mediating role of the microbiome and metabolome

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2028

Biomarker validation for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2018 - 2028

Nutritional deficiency and dopamine: A neurodevelopmental study of starvation effects in adolescent anorexia nervosa

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. · 2022 - 2027

A spatially resolved joint cortical metabolome and proteome in aging and menopause for the rhesus macaque

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2027

Exploring the Relationship Between the Oral Microbiome and Fatigue in Individuals with Breast Cancer: A Longitudinal Study

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Role of ALK4 in Regulating Receptor Trafficking and Pancreatic Cancer Biology

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Host-microbe interactions and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and symptoms in a novel human challenge model

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025

Training Program in Bioinformatics at the Intersection of Cancer Immunology and Microbiome

ResearchTraining Faculty · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2020 - 2025