Hao Mei

Professor

Department:
SPH-Dept of Data Science

Email:
hmei@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-8130

Biography

I got Medicine degree from the China Medical University in 1997, and obtained MS from the University of Washington in bioinformatics (2001-2003). I completed my PhD study with double majors in the Statistics and Bioinformatics from the North Carolina State University, funded through the Duke University Genomics Fellowship (2003-2007). I joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center since 2012, and I am currently the faculty in the Department of Data Science, School of Population Health. My research focus is to develop methods for genome-wide association and differential expression test, genetic pathway analysis, gene-gene interaction, genetic pleiotropy and longitudinal genetic effect analysis. My studies also aim to discover genetic pathogenesis of human common diseases and detect effects of pathway, genes and variants on obesity, hypertension, diabetes, sleep, cognitive function and memory loss. I am interested in integrating multi-omics data of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics to estimate and predict disease risks. I am PI and investigator of multiple research projects. I am in charge of the course of “Statistical Inference in Genetics” for PhD students and I am also an instructor for “Bioinformatics and Genomics”.

Education

Duke University, Postdoc, Statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology	2008
North Carolina State University, PhD, Statistics	2007
North Carolina State University, PhD, Bioinformatics	2007
University of Washington, MS, Bioinformatics	2003
China Medical University, MD, Medicine	1997

Current Positions

Professor, School of Population Health	03/2018 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Population Health, Department of Data Science	08/2016 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences	07/2014 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	09/2012 - 07/2016
Assistant Professor, Tulane University, Department of Epidemiology	05/2008 - 07/2012
Postdoc Fellow, Duke University	08/2007 - 04/2008
Statistician, Duke University	05/2003 - 07/2007
Computer Scientist, University of Washington, Department of Biostatistics	09/2001 - 04/2003

Publications

Journal Article
Honghuang Lin, Jessica van Setten, Albert V Smith, Nathan A Bihlmeyer, Helen R. Warren, Jennifer A Brody, Farid Radmanesh, Leanne Hall, Niels Grarup, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Thibaud Boutin, Niek Verweij, Henry J. Lin, Ruifang Li-Gao, Marten E. van den Berg, Jonathan Marten, Stefan Weiss, Bram Prins, Jeffrey Haessler, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Hao Mei, et.al. Common and Rare Coding Genetic Variation Underlying the Electrocardiographic PR Interval Honghuang Lin, Jessica van Setten, Albert V Smith, Nathan A Bihlmeyer, Helen R. Warren, Jennifer A Brody, Farid Radmanesh, Leanne Hall, Niels Grarup, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Thibaud Boutin, Niek Verweij, Henry J. Lin, Ruifang Li-Gao, Marten E. van den Berg, Jonathan Marten, Stefan Weiss, Bram Prins, Jeffrey Haessler, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Hao Mei, et.al. Common and Rare Coding Genetic Variation Underlying the Electrocardiographic PR Interval. Circulation Cardiovascular genetics 2018.	2018
Mei H, Li L, Griswold M, Mosley T Gene Expression Meta-Analysis of Seven Candidate Gene Sets for Diabetes Traits Following a GWAS Pathway Study Mei H, Li L, Griswold M, Mosley T: Gene Expression Meta-Analysis of Seven Candidate Gene Sets for Diabetes Traits Following a GWAS Pathway Study. Frontiers in genetics 2018, 9:52. PMID:29503662.	2018
Chen C, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Sun W, Jiang Y, Song Y, Zhu Q, Mei H, Wang X, Liu S, Jiang F Association between Dietary Patterns and Precocious Puberty in Children: A Population-Based Study International journal of endocrinology 2018, 2018:7	2018
Kraja AT, Cook JP, Warren HR, Surendran P, Liu C, Evangelou E, Manning AK, Grarup N, Drenos F, Sim X, Smith AV, Amin N, Blakemore AIF, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Farmaki AE, Fava C, Ferreira T, Herzig KH, Giri A, Giulianini F, Grove ML, Guo X, Harris SE, Have CT, Havulinna AS, Zhang H, Jorgensen ME, Karajamaki A, Kooperberg C, Linneberg A, Little L, Liu Y, Bonnycastle LL, Lu Y, Magi R, Mahajan A, Malerba G, Marioni RE, Mei H, et.al New Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475 000 Individuals Circulation Cardiovascular genetics 2017, 10(5).	2017
van den Berg ME, Warren HR, Cabrera CP, Verweij N, Mifsud B, Haessler J, Bihlmeyer NA, Fu YP, Weiss S, Lin HJ, Grarup N, Li-Gao R, Pistis G, Shah N, Brody JA, Müller-Nurasyid M, Lin H, Mei H, Smith AV, Lyytikäinen LP, Hall LM, van Setten J, Trompet S, Prins BP, Isaacs A, Radmanesh F, Marten J, Entwistle A, Kors JA, Silva CT, Alonso A, Bis JC, de Boer R, de Haan HG, de Mutsert R, Dedoussis G, Dominiczak AF, Doney ASF, Ellinor PT, Eppinga RN, Felix SB, Guo X, Hagemeijer Y, Hansen T, Harris TB, Heckbert SR, Huang PL, Hwang SJ, Kähönen M, Kanters JK, Kolcic I, Launer LJ, Li M, Yao J, Linneberg A, Liu S, Macfarlane PW, Mangino M, Morris AD, Mulas A, Murray AD, Nelson CP, Orrú M, Padmanabhan S, Peters A, Porteous DJ, Poulter N, Psaty BM, Qi L, Raitakari OT, Rivadeneira F, Roselli C, Rudan I, Sattar N, Sever P, Sinner MF, Soliman EZ, Spector TD, Stanton AV, Stirrups KE, Taylor KD, Tobin MD, Uitterlinden A, Vaartjes I, Hoes AW, van der Meer P, Völker U, Waldenberger M, Xie Z, Zoledziewska M, Tinker A, Polasek O, Rosand J, Jamshidi Y, van Duijn CM, Zeggini E, Jukema JW, Asselbergs FW, Samani NJ, Lehtimäki T, Gudnason V, Wilson J, Lubitz SA, Kääb S, Sotoodehnia N, Caulfield MJ, Palmer CNA, Sanna S, Mook-Kanamori DO, Deloukas P, Pedersen O, Rotter JI, Dörr M, O'Donnell CJ, Hayward C, Arking DE, Kooperberg C, van der Harst P, Eijgelsheim M, Stricker BH, Munroe PB. Discovery of novel heart rate-associated loci using the Exome Chip. Human molecular genetics. 2017; 26(12):2346-2363.	2017
Genome-wide association study of 1,5-anhydroglucitol identifies novel genetic loci linked to glucose metabolism. Scientific reports. 2017; 7(1):2812.	2017
Mei H, Li L, Liu S, Jiang F, Griswold M, Mosley T. Tissue Non-Specific Genes and Pathways Associated with Diabetes: An Expression Meta-Analysis. Genes. 2017; 8(1). PMID: 28117714; PMCID: PMC5295038	2017
Mei H, Li L, Jiang F, Simino J, Griswold M, Mosley T, Liu S. snpGeneSets: An R Package for Genome-Wide Study Annotation. G3 (Bethesda, Md.). 2016; 6(12):4087-4095.	2016
Liu S, Wilson JG, Jiang F, Griswold M, Correa A, Mei H. Multi-variant study of obesity risk genes in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. Gene. 2016; 593(2):315-21	2016
Liu C, Kraja AT, Smith JA, Brody JA, Franceschini N, Bis JC, Rice K, Morrison AC, Lu Y, Weiss S, Guo X, Palmas W, Martin LW, Chen YD, Surendran P, Drenos F, Cook JP, Auer PL, Chu AY, Giri A, Zhao W, Jakobsdottir J, Lin LA, Stafford JM, Amin N, Mei H, Yao J, Voorman A, Larson MG, Grove ML, Smith AV, Hwang SJ, Chen H, Huan T, Kosova G, Stitziel NO, Kathiresan S, Samani N, Schunkert H, Deloukas P, Li M, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Gorski M, Kooperberg C, Papanicolaou GJ, Rossouw JE, Faul JD, Kardia SL, Bouchard C, Raffel LJ, Uitterlinden AG, Franco OH, Vasan RS, O'Donnell CJ, Taylor KD, Liu K, Bottinger EP, Gottesman O, Daw EW, Giulianini F, Ganesh S, Salfati E, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Dörr M, Felix SB, Rettig R, Völzke H, Kim E, Lee WJ, Lee IT, Sheu WH, Tsosie KS, Edwards DR, Liu Y, Correa A, Weir DR, Völker U, Ridker PM, Boerwinkle E, Gudnason V, Reiner AP, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Edwards TL, Chakravarti A, Rotter JI, Psaty BM, Loos RJ, Fornage M, Ehret GB, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Chasman DI. Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci Nature genetics. 2016; 48(10):1162-70.	2016
Du Q, Yu M, Li Y, Du H, Gao W, Mei H, Liu S Permanent caries experience is associated with primary caries experience: a 7-year longitudinal study in China Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2017; 45:43–48	2016
Peloso GM, Lange LA, Varga TV, Nickerson DA, Smith JD, Griswold ME, Musani S, Polfus LM, Mei H, Gabriel S, Quarells RC, Altshuler D, Boerwinkle E, Daly MJ, Neale B, Correa A, Reiner AP, Wilson JG, Kathiresan S. Association of Exome Sequences With Cardiovascular Traits Among Blacks in the Jackson Heart Study. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics. 2016; 9(4):368-74	2016
Wang, Y., Mei, H., Jiang, Y.R., Sun, W.Q., Song, Y.J., Liu, S.J., and Jiang, F. Relationship between Duration of Sleep and Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis J Clin Sleep Med, 2015	2015
Joshi, P. K., T. Esko, H. Mattsson, N. Eklund, I. Gandin, T. Nutile, A. U. Jackson, C. Schurmann, A. V. Smith, W. Zhang, Y. Okada, A. Stancakova, J. D. Faul, W. Zhao, T. M. Bartz, M. P. Concas, N. Franceschini, S. Enroth, V. Vitart, S. Trompet, X. Guo, D. I. Chasman, J. R. O'Connel, T. Corre, S. S. Nongmaithem, Y. Chen, M. Mangino, D. Ruggiero, M. Traglia, A. E. Farmaki, T. Kacprowski, A. Bjonnes, A. van der Spek, Y. Wu, A. K. Giri, L. R. Yanek, L. Wang, E. Hofer, C. A. Rietveld, O. McLeod, M. C. Cornelis, C. Pattaro, N. Verweij, C. Baumbach, A. Abdellaoui, H. R. Warren, D. Vuckovic, H. Mei, C. Bouchard, J. R. Perry, S. Cappellani, S. S. Mirza, M. C. Benton, U. Broeckel, S. E. Medland, P. A. Lind, G. Malerba, A. Drong, L. Yengo, L. F. Bielak, D. Zhi, P. J. van der Most, D. Shriner, R. Magi, G. Hemani, T. Karaderi, Z. Wang, T. Liu, I. Demuth, J. H. Zhao, W. Meng, L. Lataniotis, S. W. van der Laan, J. P. Bradfield, A. R. Wood, A. Bonnefond, T. S. Ahluwalia, L. M. Hall, E. Salvi, S. Yazar, L. Carstensen, H. G. de Haan, M. Abney, U. Afzal, M. A. Allison, N. Amin, F. W. Asselbergs, S. J. Bakker, R. G. Barr, S. E. Baumeister, D. J. Benjamin, S. Bergmann, E. Boerwinkle, E. P. Bottinger, A. Campbell, A. Chakravarti, Y. Chan, S. J. Chanock, C. Chen, Y. I. Chen, F. S. Collins, J. Connell, A. Correa, L. A. Cupples, G. D. Smith, G. Davies, M. Dorr, G. Ehret, S. B. Ellis, B. Feenstra, M. F. Feitosa, I. Ford, C. S. Fox, T. M. Frayling, N. Friedrich, F. Geller, G. Scotland, I. Gillham-Nasenya, O. Gottesman, M. Graff, F. Grodstein, C. Gu, C. Haley, C. J. Hammond, S. E. Harris, T. B. Harris, N. D. Hastie, N. L. Heard-Costa, K. Heikkila, L. J. Hocking, G. Homuth, J. J. Hottenga, J. Huang, J. E. Huffman, P. G. Hysi, M. A. Ikram, E. Ingelsson, A. Joensuu, A. Johansson, P. Jousilahti, J. W. Jukema, M. Kahonen, Y. Kamatani, S. Kanoni, S. M. Kerr, N. M. Khan, P. Koellinger, H. A. Koistinen, M. K. Kooner, M. Kubo, J. Kuusisto, J. Lahti, L. J. Launer, R. A. Lea, B. Lehne, T. Lehtimaki, D. C. Liewald, L. Lind, M. Loh, M. L. Lokki, S. J. London, S. J. Loomis, A. Loukola, Y. Lu, T. Lumley, A. Lundqvist, S. Mannisto, P. Marques-Vidal, C. Masciullo, A. Matchan, R. A. Mathias, K. Matsuda, J. B. Meigs, C. Meisinger, T. Meitinger, C. Menni, F. D. Mentch, E. Mihailov, L. Milani, M. E. Montasser, G. W. Montgomery, A. Morrison, R. H. Myers, R. Nadukuru, P. Navarro, M. Nelis, M. S. Nieminen, I. M. Nolte, G. T. O'Connor, A. Ogunniyi, S. Padmanabhan, W. R. Palmas, J. S. Pankow, I. Patarcic, F. Pavani, P. A. Peyser, K. Pietilainen, N. Poulter, I. Prokopenko, S. Ralhan, P. Redmond, S. S. Rich, H. Rissanen, A. Robino, L. M. Rose, R. Rose, C. Sala, B. Salako, V. Salomaa, A. P. Sarin, R. Saxena, H. Schmidt, L. J. Scott, W. R. Scott, B. Sennblad, S. Seshadri, P. Sever, S. Shrestha, B. H. Smith, J. A. Smith, N. Soranzo, N. Sotoodehnia, L. Southam, A. V. Stanton, M. G. Stathopoulou, K. Strauch, R. J. Strawbridge, M. J. Suderman, N. Tandon, S. T. Tang, K. D. Taylor, B. O. Tayo, A. M. Toglhofer, M. Tomaszewski, N. Tsernikova, J. Tuomilehto, A. G. Uitterlinden, D. Vaidya, A. van Hylckama Vlieg, J. van Setten, T. Vasankari, S. Vedantam, E. Vlachopoulou, D. Vozzi, E. Vuoksimaa, M. Waldenberger, E. B. Ware, W. Wentworth-Shields, J. B. Whitfield, S. Wild, G. Willemsen, C. S. Yajnik, J. Yao, G. Zaza, X. Zhu, P. BioBank Japan, R. M. Salem, M. Melbye, H. Bisgaard, N. J. Samani, D. Cusi, D. A. Mackey, R. S. Cooper, P. Froguel, G. Pasterkamp, S. F. Grant, H. Hakonarson, L. Ferrucci, R. A. Scott, A. D. Morris, C. N. Palmer, G. Dedoussis, P. Deloukas, L. Bertram, U. Lindenberger, S. I. Berndt, C. M. Lindgren, N. J. Timpson, A. Tonjes, P. B. Munroe, T. I. Sorensen, C. N. Rotimi, D. K. Arnett, A. J. Oldehinkel, S. L. Kardia, B. Balkau, G. Gambaro, A. P. Morris, J. G. Eriksson, M. J. Wright, N. G. Martin, S. C. Hunt, J. M. Starr, I. J. Deary, L. R. Griffiths, H. Tiemeier, N. Pirastu, J. Kaprio, N. J. Wareham, L. Perusse, J. G. Wilson, G. Girotto, M. J. Caulfield, O. Raitakari, D. I. Boomsma, C. Gieger, P. van der Harst, A. A. Hicks, P. Kraft, J. Sinisalo, P. Knekt, M. Johannesson, P. K. Magnusson, A. Hamsten, R. Schmidt, I. B. Borecki, E. Vartiainen, D. M. Becker, D. Bharadwaj, K. L. Mohlke, M. Boehnke, C. M. van Duijn, D. K. Sanghera, A. Teumer, E. Zeggini, A. Metspalu, P. Gasparini, S. Ulivi, C. Ober, D. Toniolo, I. Rudan, D. J. Porteous, M. Ciullo, T. D. Spector, C. Hayward, J. Dupuis, R. J. Loos, A. F. Wright, G. R. Chandak, P. Vollenweider, A. R. Shuldiner, P. M. Ridker, J. I. Rotter, N. Sattar, U. Gyllensten, K. E. North, M. Pirastu, B. M. Psaty, D. R. Weir, M. Laakso, V. Gudnason, A. Takahashi, J. C. Chambers, J. S. Kooner, D. P. Strachan, H. Campbell, J. N. Hirschhorn, M. Perola, O. Polasek and J. F. Wilson Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations Nature (2015)	2015
Jiang YR, Spruyt K, Chen WJ, Mei H, Sun WQ, Wang Y, Li SH, Luo ZC, Shen XM, Jiang F. Associations between parent-reported sleep duration and adiposity in Chinese early adolescents. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 2015; 37(2):277-85.	2015
Li, C., W. Chen, F. Jiang, J. Simino, S. R. Srinivasan, G. S. Berenson and H. Mei Genetic association and gene-smoking interaction study of carotid intima-media thickness at five GWAS-indicated genes: The Bogalusa Heart Study Gene 2015	2015
Mei, H., Li, L., Liu, S., Jiang, F., Griswold, M., and Mosley, T The uniform-score gene set analysis for identifying common pathways associated with different diabetes traits. BMC Genomics 16, 336 (2015)	2015
He, J., T. N. Kelly, Q. Zhao, H. Li, J. Huang, L. Wang, C. E. Jaquish, Y. J. Sung, L. C. Shimmin, F. Lu, J. Mu, D. Hu, X. Ji, C. Shen, D. Guo, J. Ma, R. Wang, J. Shen, S. Li, J. Chen, H. Mei, C. S. Chen, S. Chen, J. Chen, J. Li, J. Cao, X. Lu, X. Wu, T. K. Rice, C. C. Gu, K. Schwander, L. L. Hamm, D. Liu, D. C. Rao, J. E. Hixson and D. Gu Genome-wide association study identifies 8 novel Loci associated with blood pressure responses to interventions in han chinese Circ Cardiovasc Genet 6, 598-607 (2013)	2013
Rebholz, C. M., K. Reynolds, M. R. Wofford, J. Chen, T. N. Kelly, H. Mei, P. K. Whelton and J. He Effect of soybean protein on novel cardiovascular disease risk factors: a randomized controlled trial Eur J Clin Nutr 67, 58-63 (2013)	2013
Mei, H., W. Chen, K. Mills, J. He, S. R. Srinivasan, N. Schork, S. Murray and G. S. Berenson Influences of FTO gene on onset age of adult overweight Human genetics. 2012; 131(12):1851-9	2012
Mei, H., D. Gu, J. E. Hixson, T. K. Rice, J. Chen, L. C. Shimmin, K. Schwander, T. N. Kelly, D. P. Liu, S. Chen, J. F. Huang, C. E. Jaquish, D. C. Rao and J. He Genome-wide Linkage and Positional Association Study of Blood Pressure Response to Dietary Sodium Intervention: The GenSalt Study Am J Epidemiol (2012)	2012
Okada, Y., X. Sim, M. J. Go, J. Y. Wu, D. Gu, F. Takeuchi, A. Takahashi, S. Maeda, T. Tsunoda, P. Chen, S. C. Lim, T. Y. Wong, J. Liu, T. L. Young, T. Aung, M. Seielstad, Y. Y. Teo, Y. J. Kim, J. Y. Lee, B. G. Han, D. Kang, C. H. Chen, F. J. Tsai, L. C. Chang, S. J. Fann, H. Mei, D. C. Rao, J. E. Hixson, S. Chen, T. Katsuya, M. Isono, T. Ogihara, J. C. Chambers, W. Zhang, J. S. Kooner, E. Albrecht, K. Yamamoto, M. Kubo, Y. Nakamura, N. Kamatani, N. Kato, J. He, Y. T. Chen, Y. S. Cho, E. S. Tai and T. Tanaka Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function-related traits in east Asian populations Nat Genet 44, 904-909 (2012)	2012
Wang, J., Mei, H., Chen, W., Jiang, Y., Sun, W., Li, F., Fu, Q., and Jiang, F. Study of eight GWAS-identified common variants for association with obesity-related indices in Chinese children at puberty. International journal of obesity Int J Obes (Lond) (2011)	2012
Wen, W., Y. S. Cho, W. Zheng, R. Dorajoo, N. Kato, L. Qi, C. H. Chen, R. J. Delahanty, Y. Okada, Y. Tabara, D. Gu, D. Zhu, C. A. Haiman, Z. Mo, Y. T. Gao, S. M. Saw, M. J. Go, F. Takeuchi, L. C. Chang, Y. Kokubo, J. Liang, M. Hao, L. Le Marchand, Y. Zhang, Y. Hu, T. Y. Wong, J. Long, B. G. Han, M. Kubo, K. Yamamoto, M. H. Su, T. Miki, B. E. Henderson, H. Song, A. Tan, J. He, D. P. Ng, Q. Cai, T. Tsunoda, F. J. Tsai, N. Iwai, G. K. Chen, J. Shi, J. Xu, X. Sim, Y. B. Xiang, S. Maeda, R. T. Ong, C. Li, Y. Nakamura, T. Aung, N. Kamatani, J. J. Liu, W. Lu, M. Yokota, M. Seielstad, C. S. Fann, J. Y. Wu, J. Y. Lee, F. B. Hu, T. Tanaka, E. S. Tai and X. O. Shu Meta-analysis identifies common variants associated with body mass index in east Asians Nature genetics. 2012; 44(3):307-11.	2012
Mei, H., W. Chen, F. Jiang, J. He, S. Srinivasan, E. N. Smith, N. Schork, S. Murray and G. S. Berenson Longitudinal Replication Studies of GWAS Risk SNPs Influencing Body Mass Index over the Course of Childhood and Adulthood PloS one. 2012; 7(2):e31470.	2012
Zhao, Q., D. Gu, J. E. Hixson, D. P. Liu, D. C. Rao, C. E. Jaquish, T. N. Kelly, F. Lu, J. Ma, J. Mu, L. C. Shimmin, J. Chen, H. Mei, L. L. Hamm and J. He Common variants in epithelial sodium channel genes contribute to salt sensitivity of blood pressure: The GenSalt study Circ Cardiovasc Genet 4, 375-80 (2011)	2011
Mei, H., T. K. Rice, D. Gu, J. E. Hixson, C. E. Jaquish, Q. Zhao, J. C. Chen, J. Cao, J. Li, T. N. Kelly, D. C. Rao and J. He Genetic correlation of blood pressure responses to dietary sodium and potassium intervention and cold pressor test in chinese population J Hum Hypertens (2010)	2011
Chen, W., Srinivasan, S.R., Ruan, L., Mei, H. & Berenson, G.S Adult hypertension is associated with blood pressure variability in childhood in blacks and whites: the bogalusa heart study. Am J Hypertens 24, 77-82 (2011)	2011
Mei, H., W. Chen, S. R. Srinivasan, F. Jiang, N. Schork, S. Murray, E. Smith, J. D. So and G. S. Berenson FTO influences on longitudinal BMI over childhood and adulthood and modulation on relationship between birth weight and longitudinal BMI Hum Genet 128, 589-96 (2010)	2010
Kelly, T. N., J. E. Hixson, D. C. Rao, H. Mei, T. K. Rice, C. E. Jaquish, L. C. Shimmin, K. Schwander, C. S. Chen, D. Liu, J. Chen, C. Bormans, P. Shukla, N. Farhana, C. Stuart, P. K. Whelton, J. He and D. Gu Genome-wide linkage and positional candidate gene study of blood pressure response to dietary potassium intervention: the genetic epidemiology network of salt sensitivity study Circ Cardiovasc Genet 3, 539-47 (2010)	2010
Mei, H., Chen, W., Dellinger, A., He, J., Wang, M., Yau, C., Srinivasan, S.R., and Berenson, G.S. Principal-component-based multivariate regression for genetic association studies of metabolic syndrome components BMC genetics. 2010; 11:100.	2010
Mei, H., D. Gu, T. K. Rice, J. E. Hixson, J. Chen, C. E. Jaquish, Q. Zhao, C. S. Chen, J. C. Chen, C. C. Gu, T. N. Kelly and J. He Heritability of blood pressure responses to cold pressor test in a Chinese population Am J Hypertens 22, 1096-100 (2009)	2009
Mei, H., M. L. Cuccaro and E. R. Martin Multifactor dimensionality reduction-phenomics: a novel method to capture genetic heterogeneity with use of phenotypic variables Am J Hum Genet 81, 1251-61 (2007)	2007
Ashley-Koch, A. E., J. Jaworski, Q. Ma de, H. Mei, M. D. Ritchie, D. A. Skaar, G. Robert Delong, G. Worley, R. K. Abramson, H. H. Wright, M. L. Cuccaro, J. R. Gilbert, E. R. Martin and M. A. Pericak-Vance Investigation of potential gene-gene interactions between APOE and RELN contributing to autism risk Psychiatr Genet 17, 221-6 (2007)	2007
Ashley-Koch, A. E., H. Mei, J. Jaworski, D. Q. Ma, M. D. Ritchie, M. M. Menold, G. R. Delong, R. K. Abramson, H. H. Wright, J. P. Hussman, M. L. Cuccaro, J. R. Gilbert, E. R. Martin and M. A. Pericak-Vance An analysis paradigm for investigating multi-locus effects in complex disease: examination of three GABA receptor subunit genes on 15q11-q13 as risk factors for autistic disorder Ann Hum Genet 70, 281-92 (2006)	2006
Shah, S.H., Schmidt, M.A., Mei, H., Scott, W.K., Hauser, E.R., and Schmidt, S. Searching for epistatic interactions in nuclear families using conditional linkage analysis BMC Genet 6 Suppl 1, S148 (2005)	2005
Mei, H., D. Ma, A. Ashley-Koch and E. R. Martin Extension of multifactor dimensionality reduction for identifying multilocus effects in the GAW14 simulated data BMC Genet 6 Suppl 1, S145 (2005)	2005
Ma, D. Q., P. L. Whitehead, M. M. Menold, E. R. Martin, A. E. Ashley-Koch, H. Mei, M. D. Ritchie, G. R. Delong, R. K. Abramson, H. H. Wright, M. L. Cuccaro, J. P. Hussman, J. R. Gilbert and M. A. Pericak-Vance Identification of significant association and gene-gene interaction of GABA receptor subunit genes in autism Am J Hum Genet 77, 377-88 (2005)	2005
Donelson, L., P. Tarczy-Hornoch, P. Mork, C. Dolan, J. A. Mitchell, M. Barrier and H. Mei The BioMediator system as a data integration tool to answer diverse biologic queries Studies in health technology and informatics. 2004; 107(Pt 2):768-72.	2004
Mei, H., P. Tarczy-Hornoch, P. Mork, A. J. Rossini, R. Shaker and L. Donelson Expression array annotation using the BioMediator biological data integration system and the BioConductor analytic platform AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 445-9 (2003)	2003

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Certificate of Recognition for phenomenal oral presentation, OMICS International Conference 2015	2015
Genomic Science Research Fellowship, Duke University	2003
Teaching Scholarship, North Carolina State University	2003
Research Fellowship, University of Washington	2001

Professional Membership and Service

American Heart Association, Member	2008 - Present
American Statistical Association, Member	2003 - Present
American Society of Human Genetics, Member	2003 - Present

Committee Service

MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Member	2017 - Present
School of Population Health Department of Data Science---Admission Committee, Member	2016 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD 1, Member	2014 - Present
JHS Coordinating Center Data Core, Member	2012 - Present
JHS Publications and Presentations Committee, Member	2012 - Present

Teaching Experience

BDS 751, Population Health, Course, Lecturer, Statistical Inference in Genetics	Spring 2018
ID 713, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bioinformatics and Genomics	Spring 2017

Extramural, Molecular Center of Health and Disease, NIH	12/2022 - 11/2027
Extramural, CHARGE Consortium: Gene Discovery for CVD and Aging Phenotypes, NIH	07/2022 - 06/2026
Extramural, Plasma Proteomics in CHS and Population Biology, NIH	07/2019 - 06/2024
Extramural, Aptamer Proteomics of Cardiometabolic and Renal Traits in African Americans, NIH	04/2017 - 02/2021
Extramural, Role of DCLK1 in the oncogenesis and chemoresistance of colorectal cancer, NIH (INBRE)	08/2016 - 07/2020
Extramural, Investigating the Role of Twist1 in Diabetes Pathogenesis, DOD	07/2016 - 06/2018
Extramural, Early-Onset Stroke: an Extreme Phenotype to Identify Rare Variants in Ischemic Stroke, American Heart Association	02/2015 - 01/2017
Extramural, Gene discovery for CVD and aging phenotypes, NIH	01/2015 - 12/2017
Extramural, Rare Variants and NHLBI Traits in Deeply Phenotyped Cohorts, NIH/NHLBI	04/2014 - 03/2018
Extramural, Jackson Heart Study, NIH/NHLBI	08/2013 - 05/2018
Extramural, Genetic Determinants of Vascular Aging, NIH	07/2012 - 06/2017
Extramural, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC), NIH/NHLBI	11/2010 - 11/2017