Ph.D. - Statistics
Rice University - 2016

Qiwei Li
Assistant Professor of Statistics – Mathematical Sciences
Professional Preparation
M.A. - Statistics
Rice University - 2015
Rice University - 2015
M.Phil. - Information Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2010
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2010
B.Sc. - Economics
Peking University - 2009
Peking University - 2009
B.Eng. - Electronic Engineering
Tsinghua University - 2008
Tsinghua University - 2008
Research Areas
Bayesian statistics
Spatial statistics
Shape analysis
High-dimensional count data
Publications
MiCoDe: A web tool for performing microbiome community detection using a Bayesian weighted stochastic block model 2025 - Other
A Generalized Bayesian Stochastic Block Model for Microbiome Community Detection 2025 - Journal Article
A Regularized Bayesian Dirichlet-multinomial Regression Model for Integrating Single-cell-level Omics and Patient-level Clinical Study Data 2025 - Other
A regularized Bayesian Dirichlet-multinomial regression model for integrating single-cell-level omics and patient-level clinical study data 2025 - Journal Article
Health diagnosis associated with COVID-19 death in the United States: A retrospective cohort study using electronic health records 2025 - Journal Article
SpaFun: Discovering Domain-specific Spatial Expression Patterns and New Disease-Relevant Genes using Functional Principal Component Analysis 2025 - Other
Robust Bayesian Integrative Modeling of Single Cell and Spatially Resolved Transcriptomics Data 2025 - Other