Li-San Wang

Li-San Wang, PhD, serves as Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Associate Dean for Computing at his institution, while chairing the Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group to direct academic programs and student mentorship.

His research spans bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, and data integration, with concentrated focus on Alzheimer's disease genetics. Wang leverages whole-genome sequencing, multi-ancestry analyses, and structural variation detection to identify risk loci across diverse populations, particularly advancing South Asian and African ancestry genomic studies.

Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals dominant themes in polygenic risk score transferability across ancestries, genomic data infrastructure development (NIAGADS, ADSP), and functional validation of GWAS findings through tools like BTS and CHARMER. His work consistently addresses health disparities in dementia research through population-specific genetic architectures.

As Graduate Group Chair, Wang oversees student training in computational genomics while leading NIH-funded consortia that generate critical genomic resources. His administrative role as Associate Dean for Computing indicates strategic oversight of institutional computational infrastructure supporting large-scale genomic research.