Wei Chen

Wei Chen

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh

Principal Investigator

My lab focuses on developing statistical and computational methods for the analysis of large-scale biomedical data and applying them to study complex diseases. Collaborating with our colleagues, we use cutting-edge technologies, including bulk and single-cell multi-omics (DNA-seq, RNA-seq, methylation, ATAC-seq, Spatial Transcriptomics) to study human diseases such as childhood asthma and age-related macular degeneration. Chen lab welcomes collaborators and trainees to move science forward. Our lab is generously supported by the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, Scleroderma Research Foundation, Helmsley Charitable Trust, University of Pittsburgh, and UPMC.

Recent News

  • 12/2024 Haoran Hu was awarded a two-year RAC graduate student fellowship from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
  • 11/2024 Xueping’s paper was published by Briefings in Bioinformatics.
  • 10/2024 Chen Lab received a renewal from Scleroderma Research Funding(with Dr. Torok) to continue the study of spatial transcriptomics in pediatric scleroderma patients.
  • 9/2024 Dr. Chen joined the officers of Pittsburgh Chapter, American Association Society as Chapter Representative.
  • 8/2024 Haoran’s paper was published by Nature Communications and selected as a featured article.
  • 5/2024 Dr. Chen co-organized STATGEN 2024 conference in Pittsburgh.
  • 3/2024 Chen Lab received an R01 (with Dr. Duerr) from NIDDK to generate a large-scale trans-ancestry, single-cell multi-omics dataset on CD4 T cells.
  • 2/2024 Molin Yue received the 2024 ATS Abstract Scholarship.
  • 1/2024 Dr. Chen was elected as Secretary of Chinese-American Lung Association (CALA)
  • 5/2023 Dr. Chen (with Dr. Forno) received funding from the Institute for Prediction Medicine to study childhood asthma Exacerbations.
  • 5/2023 Chen Lab received Scleroderma Research Funding (with Dr. Torok) to study spatial transcriptomics in pediatric scleroderma patients.
  • 1/2023 Wei Chen was elected as American Thoracic Society Fellow (ATS)

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