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Dr. Kwok, Pui-Yan

Emeritus Research Fellow
Academician, Academia Sinica
  • 02-2789-9143 (Lab) (Room No: N618)
  • 02-2652-3001 (Office)
  • 02-2789-9104
  • 02-2782-5573 (Fax)

Specialty:
  • Human genetics
  • Genomics
  • DNA sequence variation
  • Complex trait analysis,
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Biotechnology

Education and Positions:
    • M.D. University of Chicago, Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, IL
    • Ph.D. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Our research focuses on developing tools for genetic analysis of whole genomes, applying these tools to predict disease risk in patients and elucidate the genetic factors associated with human diseases.  In particular, we are pursuing three lines of research in the rapidly evolving fields of “precision medicine” and “genomic medicine.  First, we are partnering with collaborators at medical centers across Taiwan and use the “full genome analysis” approach to study patients with rare diseases.  “Full genome analysis” combines whole genome sequencing and genome mapping to produce phased and assembled genome sequences for patient diagnosis.  Second, we are defining the genomic landscape of the Taiwan population by producing fully assembled genome sequences of several hundred people from across the country.  With these high-quality reference genomes, we are establishing the haplotype patterns of the population at every locus across the genome.  Third, we are partnering with medical centers across the country in the Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative to obtain genetic profiles and clinical data of one million people and use the data to build algorithms for disease risk prediction in each individual.  Once established, the algorithms can be used for disease risk prediction in all Han Chinese across the world.

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  1. Dong W, Wong KHY, Liu Y, Levy-Sakin M, Hung WC, Li M, Li B, Jin SC, Choi J, Lopez-Giraldez F, Vaka D, Poon A, Chu C, Lao R, Balamir M, Movsesyan I, Malloy MJ, Zhao H, Kwok PY, Kane JP, Lifton RP, Pullinger CR Whole-exome sequencing reveals damaging gene variants associated with hypoalphalipoproteinemia. Journal of lipid research 63(6), 100209 (2022) [JCR] [WOS]
  2. Emami NC, Cavazos TB, Rashkin SR, Cario CL, Graff RE, Tai CG, Mefford JA, Kachuri L, Wan E, Wong S, Aaronson D, Presti J, Habel LA, Shan J, Ranatunga DK, Chao CR, Ghai NR, Jorgenson E, Sakoda LC, Kvale MN, Kwok PY, Schaefer C, Risch N, Hoffmann TJ, Van Den Eeden SK, Witte JS A Large-Scale Association Study Detects Novel Rare Variants, Risk Genes, Functional Elements, and Polygenic Architecture of Prostate Cancer Susceptibility. Cancer research 81(7), 1695-1703 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  3. Shieh JT, Penon-Portmann M, Wong KHY, Levy-Sakin M, Verghese M, Slavotinek A, Gallagher RC, Mendelsohn BA, Tenney J, Beleford D, Perry H, Chow SK, Sharo AG, Brenner SE, Qi Z, Yu J, Klein OD, Martin D, Kwok PY, Boffelli D Application of full-genome analysis to diagnose rare monogenic disorders. NPJ genomic medicine 6(1), 77 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  4. Sheppard SE, Campbell IM, Harr MH, Gold N, Li D, Bjornsson HT, Cohen JS, Fahrner JA, Fatemi A, Harris JR, Nowak C, Stevens CA, Grand K, Au M, Graham JM Jr, Sanchez-Lara PA, Campo MD, Jones MC, Abdul-Rahman O, Alkuraya FS, Bassetti JA, Bergstrom K, Bhoj E, Dugan S, Kaplan JD, Derar N, Gripp KW, Hauser N, Innes AM, Keena B, Kodra N, Miller R, Nelson B, Nowaczyk MJ, Rahbeeni Z, Ben-Shachar S, Shieh JT, Slavotinek A, Sobering AK, Abbott MA, Allain DC, Amlie-Wolf L, Au PYB, Bedoukian E, Beek G, Barry J, Berg J, Bernstein JA, Cytrynbaum C, Chung BH, Donoghue S, Dorrani N, Eaton A, Flores-Daboub JA, Dubbs H, Felix CA, Fong CT, Fung JLF, Gangaram B, Goldstein A, Greenberg R, Ha TK, Hersh J, Izumi K, Kallish S, Kravets E, Kwok PY, Jobling RK, Knight Johnson AE, Kushner J, Lee BH, Levin B, Lindstrom K, Manickam K, Mardach R, McCormick E, McLeod DR, Mentch FD, Minks K, Muraresku C, Nelson SF, Porazzi P, Pichurin PN, Powell-Hamilton NN, Powis Z, Ritter A, Rogers C, Rohena L, Ronspies C, Schroeder A, Stark Z, Starr L, Stoler J, Suwannarat P, Velinov M, Weksberg R, Wilnai Y, Zadeh N, Zand DJ, Falk MJ, Hakonarson H, Zackai EH, Quintero-Rivera F Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum in a diverse cohort of 104 individuals with Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 185(6), 1649-1665 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  5. Wei CY, Yang JH, Yeh EC, Tsai MF, Kao HJ, Lo CZ, Chang LP, Lin WJ, Hsieh FJ, Belsare S, Bhaskar A, Su MW, Lee TC, Lin YL, Liu FT, Shen CY, Li LH, Chen CH, Wall JD, Wu JY, Kwok PY Genetic profiles of 103,106 individuals in the Taiwan Biobank provide insights into the health and history of Han Chinese. NPJ genomic medicine 6(1), 10 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  6. Wu LS, Huang MC, Fann CS, Lane HY, Kuo CJ, Chiu WC, Kwok PY, Cheng AT Genome-wide association study of early-onset bipolar I disorder in the Han Taiwanese population. Translational psychiatry 11(1), 301 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  7. Mostovoy Y, Yilmaz F, Chow SK, Chu C, Lin C, Geiger EA, Meeks NJL, Chatfield KC, Coughlin CR, Surti U, Kwok PY, Shaikh TH Genomic regions associated with microdeletion/microduplication syndromes exhibit extreme diversity of structural variation. Genetics 217(2), iyaa038 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  8. Fujito NT, Hanna ZR, Levy-Sakin M, Bowie RCK, Kwok PY, Dumbacher JP, Wall JD Genomic Variation and Recent Population Histories of Spotted (Strix occidentalis) and Barred (Strix varia) Owls. Genome biology and evolution 13(5), evab066 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  9. Park J, Daniels J, Wartewig T, Ringbloom KG, Martinez-Escala ME, Choi S, Thomas JJ, Doukas PG, Yang J, Snowden C, Law C, Lee Y, Lee K, Zhang Y, Conran C, Tegtmeyer K, Mo SH, Pease DR, Jothishankar B, Kwok PY, Abdulla FR, Pro B, Louissaint A, Boggon TJ, Sosman J, Guitart J, Rao D, Ruland J, Choi J Integrated genomic analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas reveal the molecular bases for disease heterogeneity. Blood 138(14), 1225-1236 (2021) [JCR] [WOS]
  10. Jia X, Goes FS, Locke AE, Palmer D, Wang W, Cohen-Woods S, Genovese G, Jackson AU, Jiang C, Kvale M, Mullins N, Nguyen H, Pirooznia M, Rivera M, Ruderfer DM, Shen L, Thai K, Zawistowski M, Zhuang Y, Abecasis G, Akil H, Bergen S, Burmeister M, Chapman S, DelaBastide M, Jureus A, Kang HM, Kwok PY, Li JZ, Levy SE, Monson ET, Moran J, Sobell J, Watson S, Willour V, Zollner S, Adolfsson R, Blackwood D, Boehnke M, Breen G, Corvin A, Craddock N, DiFlorio A, Hultman CM, Landen M, Lewis C, McCarroll SA, Richard McCombie W, McGuffin P, McIntosh A, McQuillin A, Morris D, Myers RM, O\'Donovan M, Ophoff R, Boks M, Kahn R, Ouwehand W, Owen M, Pato C, Pato M, Posthuma D, Potash JB, Reif A, Sklar P, Smoller J, Sullivan PF, Vincent J, Walters J, Neale B, Purcell S, Risch N, Schaefer C, Stahl EA, Zandi PP, Scott LJ Investigating rare pathogenic/likely pathogenic exonic variation in bipolar disorder. Molecular psychiatry Online ahead of print, Online ahead of prin (2021) [JCR] [WOS]

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Kao, Hsiao-Jung
Kao, Hsiao-Jung
Wei, Chun-Yu (Nancy)
Wei, Chun-Yu (Nancy)
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Chen, Hsiao-Huei
Chen, Hsiao-Huei
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Cheng, Chih-Kuang
Cheng, Chih-Kuang
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Chang, Chih-Hao (James)
Chang, Chih-Hao (James)
Biradar, Mahantesh
Biradar, Mahantesh