Seung Hoan Choi
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Seung Hoan Choi

Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Choi's work is at the interface of statistics and genetics, developing and applying statistical methods to further our understanding of the genetics of complex diseases. He has developed his analytic capabilities in genetics, statistics, and large-scale data processing. Dr. Choi’s recent work has used this foundation to elucidate the genetic basis of a common and complex disease, atrial fibrillation. He has led or contributed to many important findings in cardiometabolic genetics and is considered a key investigator in the field.

Dr. Choi received his PhD in Biostatistics from Boston University School of Public Health in 2016 with his focused research in statistical genetics. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He also previously held the position of Computational Scientist II at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Education

  • Boston University, PhD Field of Study: Biostatistics
  • Boston University, MA Field of Study: Biostatistics
  • Stony Brook University, BS Field of Study: Applied Mathematics/Statistics

Classes Taught

  • SPHBS803
  • SPHBS831

Publications

  • Published on 1/1/2026

    Ajufo E, Kany S, Jurgens SJ, Churchill TW, Guseh JS, Aragam KG, Nauffal V, Pirruccello JP, Choi SH, Lakdawala NK, Ho CY, Ellinor PT, Khurshid S. Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Phenotype-Negative Cardiomyopathy Variant Carriers. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Jan 01; 11(1):45-56. PMID: 41205222.

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  • Published on 11/1/2025

    Maamari DJ, Biddinger KJ, Jurgens SJ, Rämö JT, Gaziano L, Zheng A, Challa SP, Hayes D, Gongora CA, Choi SH, Chang KM, Tsao PS, Arany Z, Thavendiranathan P, Huffman JE, Fahed AC, Sarma AA, Neilan TG, Khera AV, Ellinor PT, Aragam KG. Polygenic Susceptibility in Peripartum, Alcohol-Induced, and Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiomyopathies. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Nov 01; 10(11):1138-1146. PMID: 41032333.

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  • Published on 10/1/2025

    Milstone ZJ, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Smith KK, Anilkumar A, Gower AC, Alekseyev Y, Cunha JA, Fisher N, Legler L, Lepson J, Tao BS, Williams C, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Mitchell RN, Padera RF, Shah H, Choi SH, Gopal DM, Tucker NR, Fetterman JL. Multiomics investigation of the female hypertensive human heart. Physiol Rep. 2025 Oct; 13(19):e70586. PMID: 41036600.

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  • Published on 9/30/2025

    Rodriguez Espada A, Haj A, Jurgens SJ, Eswaran H, Sundler Björkman L, Ryu J, Chaudhry S, Koyama S, Wang X, Choi SH, Sanna-Cherchi S, Banerji A, Rämö JT, Ellinor PT, Grover SP, Bendapudi PK. Population-scale Analysis Reveals Germline Loss of SERPING1 (C1-Inhibitor) is a Polyphenotypic Thrombotic Disorder. Blood Adv. 2025 Sep 30. PMID: 41026970.

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  • Published on 9/9/2025

    Jurgens SJ, Melloni GEM, Kany S, Fabritz L, Rämö JT, Goette A, Kamanu FK, Berg DD, Magnussen C, Choi SH, Bonaca MP, Giugliano RP, Scirica BM, Wiviott SD, Bhatt DL, Steg PG, Raz I, Braunwald E, Pirruccello JP, Sabatine MS, Marston NA, Kirchhof P, Ellinor PT, Ruff CT. Pathogenic Cardiomyopathy-Associated Gene Variants and Prognosis in Atrial Fibrillation: Results in 18,000 Clinical Trial Participants. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Sep 09; 86(10):738-753. PMID: 40903137.

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  • Published on 9/1/2025

    Haj AK, Paul DS, Jurgens SJ, Eswaran H, Weng LC, Ryu J, Rodriguez Espada A, Chaudhry S, Feingold LM, Burke K, Koyama S, Wang X, Francis J, Choi SH, Mackman N, Bergmeier W, Burgin A, Rämö JT, Ellinor PT, Grover SP, Bendapudi PK. Coagulation factor XII haploinsufficiency is protective against venous thromboembolism in a population-scale multidimensional analysis. Nat Commun. 2025 Sep 01; 16(1):8176. PMID: 40890099.

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  • Published on 7/21/2025

    Smit RAJ, Wade KH, Hui Q, Arias JD, Yin X, Christiansen MR, Yengo L, Preuss MH, Nakabuye M, Rocheleau G, Graham SE, Buchanan VL, Chittoor G, Graff M, Guindo-Martínez M, Lu Y, Marouli E, Sakaue S, Spracklen CN, Vedantam S, Wilson EP, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lüll K, Machado M, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Moore A, Rüeger S, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bartell E, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Bollepalli S, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Brandl C, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai Q, Camarda S, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Chai JF, Chesi A, Choi SH, Christofidou P, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Degenhardt F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Eichelmann F, Eliasen AU, Engmann JE, Erdos MR, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Frank M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fritsche LG, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, Heard-Costa N, Hemerich D, Highland HM, Hindy G, Ho YL, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huo S, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jansen IE, Jiang Y, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim D, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Lee WJ, Leonard HL, Li H, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin K, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Malik MZ, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, McDaid AF, Mei Q, Meiselbach H, Melendez TL, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Mononen N, Mucha S, Munz M, Mykkänen J, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Piluso F, Polašek O, Poveda A, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Santin A, Saxena R, Scholz M, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sidorenko J, Sim X, Slieker RC, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang JS, Wang L, Wang YX, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wen W, Wheeler WA, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wuttke M, Xia R, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, 't Hart LM, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Beilin LJ, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Christensen K, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Concas MP, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Geus EJC, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Eckardt KU, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gieger C, Girotto G, Golightly YM, et al. Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nat Med. 2025 Sep; 31(9):3151-3168. PMID: 40691366.

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  • Published on 7/7/2025

    Temple SD, Chapman NH, Choi SH, DeStefano AL, Thornton TA, Wijsman EM, Blue EE. Multiple-testing corrections in case-control studies using identity-by-descent segments. bioRxiv. 2025 Jul 07. PMID: 40672175.

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  • Published on 6/1/2025

    Wijdeveld LFJM, Ajufo E, Challa SP, Rämö JT, Wang X, Kany S, Halford JL, Weng LC, Choi SH, Aragam KG, van Tintelen JP, Brundel BJJM, Jurgens SJ, Ellinor PT. Cardiomyopathy-Associated Gene Variants in Atrial Fibrillation. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Jun 01; 10(6):564-573. PMID: 40305039.

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  • Published on 5/3/2025

    Rämö JT, Gorman BR, Weng LC, Jurgens SJ, Singhanetr P, Tieger MG, van Dijk EH, Halladay CW, Wang X, Hauser BM, Kim SH, Brinks J, Choi SH, Luo Y, Pyarajan S, Nealon CL, Gorin MB, Wu WC, Anthony SA, Roncone DP, Sobrin L, Kaarniranta K, Yzer S, Palotie A, Peachey NS, Turunen JA, Boon CJ, Ellinor PT, Iyengar SK, Daly MJ, Rossin EJ. Rare genetic variation in PTPRB is associated with central serous chorioretinopathy, varicose veins and glaucoma. Nat Commun. 2025 May 03; 16(1):4127. PMID: 40319023.

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