Ph.D. student Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Email: yiqisu@vt.edu Research interests: AI in healthcare, computational epidemiology, disease modeling, biostatistics [Google Scholar]

Latest News

• [06/2024] Our paper Impact of Primary Letermovir Prophylaxis vs Preemptive Antiviral Therapy for Cytomegalovirus on Economic and Clinical Outcomes after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation was published at Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (TCT)
• [06/2024] Our paper Enhancing Fairness and Accuracy in Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes in Young Population is under major revision at Machine Learning for Healthcare 2024 (ML4H 2024)
• [04/2024] My Google of Summer Code (GSoC) proposal Integration of GRN Inference Algorithms Using Single Cell Multi-omics Data to BEELINE was selected by National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB)
• [02/2024] Our paper Comparative Transcriptomic and Phenotypic Analysis of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Hepatocyte-Like Cells and Primary Human Hepatocytes was published at Cell and Tissue Research (CTR)
• [02/2024] Our abstract The Clinical Significance of the Drug-Drug Interaction between Letermovir and Voriconazole in Stem Cell Transplantation was published at Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (TCT)
• [09/2023] I won the fully-funded Scholarship for Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2023 provided by CS@VT (16.5%)
• [03/2023] Our paper Third-party Cytomegalovirus-Specific T Cells Improved Survival in Refractory Cytomegalovirus Viremia after Hematopoietic Transplant was published at The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI)
• [03/2023] Our paper Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Utilization Varies by Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) Severity in Hospitalized Cancer Patients: Analysis from the First Phase of the Pandemic was published at Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE)

Education

• Virginia Tech, 09/2022 - present
  Ph.D. student in Computer Science, GPA 3.95/4.0
• Columbia University, 09/2016 - 05/2018
  Master of Science in Biostatistics (Theory and Methods Track), GPA 3.76/4.0
• Nanjing Agricultural University, 09/2013 - 06/2016
  Master of Agriculture in Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, GPA 4.0/4.0, Rank 3/162
• Northwest Minzu University, 09/2009 - 06/2013
  Bachelor of Agriculture in Veterinary Medicine, GPA 3.87/4.0, Rank 1/300

Awards & Honors

• Fully-funded Scholarship for Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2023 by CS@VT (16.5%), 2023
• National Scholarship (top 3%), 2011, 2012
• Merit Student of Institution of Higher Education in Gansu Province (top 0.16%), 2012
• National English Contest for College Students, First Prize (top 0.5%), 2011
• National Encouragement Scholarship (top 3%), 2010

Work Experience

• Data Analyst II, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, 07/2018 - 08/2022
  
• Research Assistant, Columbia University Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP), New York, NY, 10/2017 - 05/2018
  
• Data Analyst Intern, Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN), New York, NY, 06/2017 - 08/2017
  
• Data Analyst Intern, Catholic Medical Mission Board, Inc. (CMMB), New York, NY, 12/2016 - 04/2017
  
• Research Assistant, Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, China, 09/2014 - 05/2016
  

Publications

Journal Papers

• Impact of primary letermovir prophylaxis vs preemptive antiviral therapy for cytomegalovirus on economic and clinical outcomes after hematopoietic cell transplantation
  Carrie A. Tan, Lauren Palen, Yiqi Su, Yuxuan Li, Renee L. Gennarelli, Miguel-Angel Perales, Nina Cohen, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou, Gunjan L. Shah, Susan K. Seo
  Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (TCT) , May 2024
  
• Comparative transcriptomic and phenotypic analysis of induced pluripotent stem cell hepatocyte-like cells and primary human hepatocytes
  Neeti Gandhi, Lauren Wills, Kyle Akers, Yiqi Su, Parker Niccum, T. M. Murali, Padmavathy Rajagopalan
  Cell and Tissue Research (CTR) , February 2024
  
• Third-party cytomegalovirus-specific T cells improved survival in refractory cytomegalovirus viremia after hematopoietic transplant
  Susan E. Prockop, Aisha Hasan, Ekaterina Doubrovina, Parastoo B. Dahi, Irene Rodriguez-Sanchez, Michael Curry, Audrey Mauguen, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou, Yiqi Su, JinJuan Yao, Maria Arcila, Farid Boulad, Hugo Castro-Malaspina, Christina Cho, Kevin J. Curran, Sergio Giralt, Nancy A. Kernan, Guenther Koehne, Ann Jakubowski, Esperanza Papadopoulos, Miguel-Angel Perales, Ioannis Politikos, Keith Price, Annamalai Selvakumar, Craig S. Sauter, Roni Tamari, Teresa Vizconde, James W. Young and Richard J. O’Reilly
  The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) , March 2023
  
• Bacterial infections and antibiotic utilization varies by coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) severity in hospitalized cancer patients: Analysis from the first phase of the pandemic
  Kayla R Maki, Samantha N Steiger, Yiqi Su, Aida Boumiza, Carrie A Tan, Marina Kerpelev, Susan K Seo, Nina Cohen
  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) , March 2023
  
• Cytomegalovirus (CMV) prevention with letermovir and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT): a retrospective cohort study
  Yiqi Su*, Anat Stern* (* equal contribution), Eleni Karantoni, Tamara Nawar, Gyuri Han, Phaedon D. Zavras, Henry Dumke, Christina Cho, Roni Tamari, Brian Shaffer, Sergio A. Giralt, Ann A. Jakubowski, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Clinical Infectious Disease (CID) , September 2022
  
• Outcomes of refractory cytomegalovirus infection in the first year after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
  Eleni Karantoni, Phaedon D Zavras, Yiqi Su, Jiaqi Fang, Roni Tamari, Christina Cho, Miguel-Angel Perales, Anat Stern, Genovefa A Papanicolaou
  Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (TCT) , June 2022
  
• CMV viral load kinetics predict CMV end-organ disease and mortality after hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT)
  Anat Stern*, Yiqi Su* (* equal contribution), Henry Dumke, Jiaqi Fang, Roni Tamari, Ann A. Jakubowski, Christina Cho, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID), August 2021
  The paper got an editorial!
  
• Human herpes virus 6 viremia is associated with worse survival after ex vivo T-cell depleted hematopoietic cell transplant
  Yeon Joo Lee, Yiqi Su, Christina Cho, Roni Tamari, Miguel-Angel Perales, Ann A. Jakubowski*, Genovefa Papanicolaou* (* equal contribution)
  [Letter to the Editor] Donor-CD4⁺ T Cells: A Trojan Horse for Human Herpes Virus-6 After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation?
  Yeon Joo Lee, Yiqi Su, Christina Cho, Genovefa Papanicolaou
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID), August 2021
  
• Efficacy and safety of isavuconazole compared with voriconazole as primary antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients
  Yael Bogler*, Anat Stern* (* equal contribution), Yiqi Su, Yeon Joo Lee, Susan K. Seo, Brian Shaffer, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou, Dionysios Neofytos
  Medical Mycology (MM), May 2021
  
• Impact of Preemptive Therapy for Cytomegalovirus on Hospitalizationsand Cost after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  Jiaqi Fang*, Yiqi Su* (* equal contribution), Phaedon D. Zavras, Amit D. Raval, Yuexin Tang, Miguel-Angel Perales, Sergio A. Giralt, Anat Stern, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BBMT), July 2020
  
• A Single-Center, Open-Label Trial of Isavuconazole Prophylaxis against Invasive Fungal Infection in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  Anat Stern, Yiqi Su, Yeon Joo Lee, Susan K. Seo, Brian Shaffer, Roni Tamari, Boglarka Gyurkocza, Juliet Barker, Yael Bogler, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BBMT), June 2020
  
• Impact of preemptive therapy for cytomegalovirus on toxicities after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in clinical practice: a retrospective single-center cohort study
  Phaedon D. Zavras*, Yiqi Su* (* equal contribution), Jiaqi Fang, Anat Stern, Nitasha Gupta, Yuexin Tang, Amit D. Raval, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Ann A. Jakubowski, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BBMT), April 2020
  
• Letermovir for primary and secondary cytomegalovirus prevention in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: Real‐world experience
  Andrew Lin, Molly Maloy, Yiqi Su, Valkal Bhatt, Lauren DeRespiris, Meagan Griffin, Carmen Lau, Anthony Proli, Juliet Barker, Brian Shaffer, Sergio A. Giralt, Ann A. Jakubowski, Esperanza B. Papadopoulos, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou, Susan K. Seo, Miguel‐Angel Perales
  Transplant Infectious Disease (TID), October 2019
  
• Cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation managed by the preemptive approach: estimating the impact on healthcare resource utilization and outcomes
  Yao-Ting Huang*, Yiqi Su* (* equal contribution), Seong Jin Kim, Paige Nichols, Daniel Burack, Molly A. Maloy, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Ann A. Jakubowski, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BBMT), April 2019
  
• Screening of Streptococcus Suis serotype 2 resistance genes with GWAS and transcriptomic microarray analysis
  Zhe Ma, Haodan Zhu, Yiqi Su, Yu Meng, Huixing Lin, Kongwang He, Hongjie Fan
  BMC Genomics, December 2018
  
• Capsule of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus hampers the adherence and invasion of epithelial and endothelial cells and is attenuated during internalization
  Bin Xu, Xiaomeng Pei, Yiqi Su, Zhe Ma, Hongjie Fan
  FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2016
  
• A novel suicide shuttle plasmid for Streptococcus suis serotype 2 and Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus gene mutation
  Rui Liu, Ping Zhang, Yiqi Su, Huixing Lin, Hui Zhang, Lei Yu, Zhe Ma, Hongjie Fan
  Scientific Reports, June 2016
  

Conference Abstracts

• The Clinical Significance of the Drug-Drug Interaction between Letermovir and Voriconazole in Stem Cell Transplantation
  Edward Lee, Andrew Lin, Yiqi Su, Christina Cho, Susan K Seo
  at Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings (2024 TCT) in San Antonio, TX, February 2024
  
• Letermovir (LTV) for Secondary Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Prevention in High Risk Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: Interim Results of a Single Center, Open Label Study
  Gyuri Han, Anat Stern, Yiqi Su, Boglarka Gyurkocza, Craig Sauter, Brian Shaffer, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2021 (Virtual Conference), September 2021
  
• Impact of coadministration of letermovir on isavuconazole plasma concentration in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients
  Yiqi Su, Jumanah Algazaq, Stern Anat, Henry Dumke, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at the 31^st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2021) in Vienna, Austria (Virtual Conference), July 2021
  
• A Retrospective Analysis of Antimicrobial Use and Bacterial Cultures in Hospitalized Cancer Patients with COVID-19
  Kayla Maki, Samantha Steiger, Yiqi Su, Aida Boumiza, Carrie Tan, Marina Kerpelev, Susan Seo, Nina Cohen
  Poster presentation at Infectious Diseases Society of New York (IDSNY Symposium 2021) in New York, NY (Virtual Conference), May 2021
  
• Safety of Isavuconazole Compared with Voriconazole as Primary Antifungal Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients
  Yael Bogler, Anat Stern, Yiqi Su, Yeon Joo Lee, Susan K. Seo, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Dionysios Neofytos, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2020 in Philadelphia, PA (Virtual Conference), December 2020
  The IDWeek Trainee Awards 2020
  
• Risk Factors and Outcomes of Refractory and/or Resistant Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  Eleni Karantoni, Yiqi Su, Anat Stern, Phaedon D. Zavras, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2020 in Philadelphia, PA (Virtual Conference), December 2020
  
• Incremental Inpatient Healthcare Resource Use and Costs Among CMV Seropositive Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Managed Through Preemptive Approach
  Jiaqi Fang, Phaedon D. Zavras, Yiqi Su, Amit D. Raval, Yuexin Tang, Miguel-Angel Perales, Sergio A. Giralt, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at the 46^th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2020 EBMT) in Madrid, Spain (Virtual Conference), August 2020
  
• Impact of letermovir (LTV) on utilisation of pre-emptive therapy for cytomegalovirus after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation: a single-centre experience
  Jiaqi Fang, Phaedon D. Zavras, Yiqi Su, Amit D. Raval, Yuexin Tang, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Oral presentation at the 30^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2020) in Paris, France (Cancelled due to COVID-19), April 2020
  
• Economic Burden of Cytomegalovirus infection in CMV-Seropositive Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Managed with Pre-Emptive Therapy: A Single Center Experience
  Jiaqi Fang, Phaedon D. Zavras, Yiqi Su, Amit D. Raval, Yuexin Tang, Miguel-Angel Perales, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings (2020 TCT) in Orlando, FL (Virtual Conference), March 2020
  
• Impact of HHV-6 in Recipients of Ex Vivo T-Cell Depleted Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
  Yeon Joo Lee, Yiqi Su, Roni Tamari, Ann A. Jakubowski, Sergio A. Giralt, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings (2020 TCT) in Orlando, FL (Virtual Conference), March 2020
  
• The Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Nonbacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Cancer Patients
  Yeon Joo Lee, Rocco Richards, Yiqi Su, Anna Kaltsas, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2019 in Washington, DC, October 2019
  
• A Single-Center Experience with Cidofovir for the Treatment of Double-Stranded (ds) DNA Viruses in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients
  Anat Stern, Yiqi Su, Dionysios Neofytos, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2019 in Washington, DC, October 2019
  
• Kinetics of CMV Viremia with Letermovir Prophylaxis in the First 100 Days post Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT): A Single-center Experience
  Phaedon D. Zavras, Anat Stern, Yiqi Su, Jiaqi Fang, Sergio A. Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Molly A. Maloy, Susan K. Seo, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2019 in Washington, DC, October 2019
  
• Differential Impact of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Donor (D) Serostatus on Rates and Kinetics of CMV Viremia among CMV Seropositive Recipients (R+) of Ex vivo T-cell Depleted (TCD) and Unmodified (CONV) Hematopoietic Cell Transplants (HCT)
  Anat Stern, Yiqi Su, Jiaqi Fang, Miguel Perales, Molly A. Maloy, Sergio A. Giralt, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at IDWeek 2019 in Washington, DC, October 2019
  
• CMV outcomes and health care resource utilization in CMV-seropositive (R+) hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients managed with pre-emptive therapy (PET)
  Jiaqi Fang, Phaedon D. Zavras, Yiqi Su, Amit D. Raval, Yuexin Tang, Miguel-Angel Perales, Sergio A. Giralt, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at the 45^th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2019 EBMT) in Frankfurt, Germany, March 2019
  
• Toxicities of CMV Preemptive Therapy in the First 100 Days after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT): A Real-World Study at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
  Phaedon D. Zavras, Yiqi Su, Nitasha Gupta, Molly A. Maloy, Jiaqi Fang, Miguel-Angel Perales, Sergio Giralt, Ann A. Jakubowski, Genovefa A. Papanicolaou
  Poster presentation at Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings (2019 TCT) in Houston TX, February 2019
  
• Trends in Alcohol and Other Drugs Detected in Homicide and Suicide Victims in the United States, 2003 – 2014
  Yiqi Su, Stanford Chihuri, Peng Gao, Guohua Li
  Oral presentation at American Public Health Association (APHA 2018) in San Diego, CA, November 2018