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Linda J. Wykes Luis B. Agellon Kristine G. Koski Stan Kubow Grace S. Marquis Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez Hope A. Weiler Harriet V. Kuhnlein Katherine Gray-Donald Louise Thibault Mirey Karavetian Zainab Taha Axen, Kathleen Sergio A. Burgos Vilceu Bordignon Dr. Laura Palanker Musselman Carol A DeNysschen Amanda Newell Teresa Drake Jeannette Davidson View MoreDr. Xia obtained his Bachelor of Medicine (5-year program) from Peking University Health Science Center, China, in 2001. He then moved to Canada in 2004 and obtained his MSc degree (research area: Immunology & Genetics) in 2006, followed by his PhD (research area: Bioinformatics & Metabolomics) in 2011, both at the University of Alberta, Canada. From 2012-2014, he did his postdoctoral training (research area: Next-generation sequencing & Systems biology) at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Since 2015, he has been an Assistant Professor at McGill University. His lab focuses on leveraging bioinformatics, statistics and large data to study the effects of biological (i.e. gut microbiota and helminths), environmental and nutritional factors on health and disease.
Understanding important biological, environmental and nutritional factors on health and disease; developing computational solutions for high-throughput experiments.