Jichun Xie | Scholars@Duke

Jichun Xie
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

My research focuses on identifying rare events and inferring complex dependence structures of high dimensional data, and their application in translational biomedical research.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2014

Contact Information

203 Research Drive Ste 301, 301A MSRB I, Durham, NC 27705
Duke Box 2648, Durham, NC 27710
jichun.xie@duke.edu (919) 684-6465

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 2011
Research
Selected Grants
- Mechanisms that Direct Airway Remodeling in Obese Asthma awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2021
- A hands-on, integrative next-generation sequencing course: design, experiment, and analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Duan, B, Hu, J, Liu, H, Wang, Y, Li, H, Liu, S, Xie, J, Owzar, K, Abbruzzese, J, Hurwitz, H, Gao, H, and Wei, Q. "Genetic variants in the platelet-derived growth factor subunit B gene associated with pancreatic cancer risk." International journal of cancer 142, no. 7 (April 2018): 1322-1331. Full Text
  - Charalambous, LT, Premji, A, Tybout, C, Hunt, A, Cutshaw, D, Elsamadicy, AA, Yang, S, Xie, J, Giamberardino, C, Pagadala, P, Perfect, JR, and Lad, SP. "Prevalence, healthcare resource utilization and overall burden of fungal meningitis in the United States." Journal of medical microbiology 67, no. 2 (February 2018): 215-227. Full Text
  - Feng, Y, Wang, Y, Liu, H, Liu, Z, Mills, C, Owzar, K, Xie, J, Han, Y, Qian, DC, Hung Rj, RJ, Brhane, Y, McLaughlin, J, Brennan, P, Bickeböller, H, Rosenberger, A, Houlston, RS, Caporaso, N, Landi, MT, Brüske, I, Risch, A, Ye, Y, Wu, X, Christiani, DC, Amos, CI, and Wei, Q. "Novel genetic variants in the P38MAPK pathway gene ZAK and susceptibility to lung cancer." Molecular carcinogenesis 57, no. 2 (February 2018): 216-224. Full Text
  - Elsamadicy, AA, Sergesketter, A, Ren, X, Mohammed Qasim Hussaini, S, Laarakker, A, Rahimpour, S, Ejikeme, T, Yang, S, Pagadala, P, Parente, B, Xie, J, and Lad, SP. "Drivers and Risk Factors of Unplanned 30-Day Readmission Following Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 21, no. 1 (January 2018): 87-92. Full Text
  - Elsamadicy, AA, Yang, S, Sergesketter, AR, Ashraf, B, Charalambous, L, Kemeny, H, Ejikeme, T, Ren, X, Pagadala, P, Parente, B, Xie, J, and Lad, SP. "Prevalence and Cost Analysis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): A Role for Neuromodulation." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (September 29, 2017). Full Text
  - Farber, SH, Han, JL, Elsamadicy, AA, Hussaini, Q, Yang, S, Pagadala, P, Parente, B, Xie, J, and Lad, SP. "Long-term Cost Utility of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome." Pain physician 20, no. 6 (September 2017): E797-E805.
  - Farber, SH, Han, JL, Petraglia Iii, FW, Gramer, R, Yang, S, Pagadala, P, Parente, B, Xie, J, Petrella, JR, and Lad, SP. "Increasing Rates of Imaging in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Patients: Implications for Spinal Cord Stimulation." Pain physician 20, no. 6 (September 2017): E969-E977.
  - Elsamadicy, AA, Farber, SH, Yang, S, Hussaini, SMQ, Murphy, KR, Sergesketter, A, Suryadevara, CM, Pagadala, P, Parente, B, Xie, J, and Lad, SP. "Impact of Insurance Provider on Overall Costs in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Cost Study of 122,827 Patients." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 20, no. 4 (June 2017): 354-360. Full Text
  - Han, JL, Murphy, KR, Hussaini, SMQ, Yang, S, Parente, B, Xie, J, Pagadala, P, and Lad, SP. "Explantation Rates and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Spinal Cord Stimulation." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 20, no. 4 (June 2017): 331-339. Full Text
  - Hussaini, SMQ, Murphy, KR, Han, JL, Elsamadicy, AA, Yang, S, Premji, A, Parente, B, Xie, J, Pagadala, P, and Lad, SP. "Specialty-Based Variations in Spinal Cord Stimulation Success Rates for Treatment of Chronic Pain." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 20, no. 4 (June 2017): 340-347. Full Text
  - Murphy, KR, Han, JL, Hussaini, SMQ, Yang, S, Parente, B, Xie, J, and Lad, SP. "The Volume-Outcome Effect: Impact on Trial-to-Permanent Conversion Rates in Spinal Cord Stimulation." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 20, no. 3 (April 2017): 256-262. Full Text
  - Xie, J, and Kang, J. "High-dimensional tests for functional networks of brain anatomic regions." Journal of multivariate analysis 156 (April 2017): 70-88. Full Text
  - Farber, SH, Murphy, KR, Suryadevara, CM, Babu, R, Yang, S, Feng, L, Xie, J, Perfect, JR, and Lad, SP. "Comparing outcomes of early, late, and non-surgical management of intraspinal abscess." Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 36 (February 2017): 64-71. Full Text
  - Murphy, KR, Han, JL, Yang, S, Hussaini, SMQ, Elsamadicy, AA, Parente, B, Xie, J, Pagadala, P, and Lad, SP. "Prevalence of Specific Types of Pain Diagnoses in a Sample of United States Adults." Pain physician 20, no. 2 (February 2017): E257-E268.
  - Krucoff, MO, Cook, S, Adogwa, O, Moreno, J, Yang, S, Xie, J, Firempong, AO, Lad, N, and Bagley, CA. "Racial, Socioeconomic, and Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes of Adult Chiari I Malformations." World neurosurgery 97 (January 2017): 431-437. Full Text
  - Cai, TT, Li, H, Liu, W, and Xie, J. "Joint Estimation of Multiple High-dimensional Precision Matrices." Statistica Sinica 26, no. 2 (April 2016): 445-464. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Farber, SH, Hatef, J, Han, JL, Marky, AH, Xie, J, Huang, K, Verla, T, Lokhnygina, Y, Collins, TA, and Lad, SP. "Implantable Neurostimulation for Headache Disorders: Effect on Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures." Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 19, no. 3 (April 2016): 319-328. Full Text
  - Ha, MJ, Sun, W, and Xie, J. "PenPC: A two-step approach to estimate the skeletons of high-dimensional directed acyclic graphs." Biometrics 72, no. 1 (March 2016): 146-155. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Xie, J, Cai, TT, and Li, H. "Correction to the paper "Optimal false discovery rate control for dependent data" [Statistics and Its Interface, 4 (2011) 417-430]." Statistics and its Interface 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 33-35. Full Text
  - Napoli, A, Xie, J, and Obeid, I. "Understanding the temporal evolution of neuronal connectivity in cultured networks using statistical analysis." BMC neuroscience 15 (January 21, 2014): 17-. Full Text
  - Cai, TT, Li, H, Liu, W, and Xie, J. "Covariate-Adjusted Precision Matrix Estimation with an Application in Genetical Genomics." Biometrika 100, no. 1 (March 2013): 139-156. Full Text
  - Daye, ZJ, Xie, J, and Li, H. "A Sparse Structured Shrinkage Estimator for Nonparametric Varying-Coefficient Model With an Application in Genomics." Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 21, no. 1 (January 2012): 110-133. Full Text
  - Xie, J, Cai, TT, and Li, H. "Sample size and power analysis for sparse signal recovery in genome-wide association studies." Biometrika 98, no. 2 (June 2011): 273-290. Full Text
  - Chen, J, Xie, J, and Li, H. "A penalized likelihood approach for bivariate conditional normal models for dynamic co-expression analysis." Biometrics 67, no. 1 (March 2011): 299-308. Full Text
  - Xie, J, Cai, TT, Maris, J, and Li, H. "Optimal False Discovery Rate Control for Dependent Data." Statistics and its interface 4, no. 4 (January 2011): 417-430. Full Text
  - Cotch, MF, Peet, J, Shults, J, Stambolian, D, and Xie, J. "Quasi-least squares with mixed linear correlation structures." Statistics and Its Interface 3, no. 2 (2010): 223-233. Full Text
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Education, Training, & Certifications

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Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Recent Courses