Kai Xia, PhD

Dr. Kai Xia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the Director of the Psychiatry Data Management and Biostatistics Core. He is a biostatistician and bioinformatician specializing in statistical genetics, multi‑omics integration, and machine learning applications to psychiatric health research. His work focuses on understanding how genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors shape mental health. Dr. Xia collaborates widely across Psychiatry, Genetics, and Biostatistics, serving as a key scientific and analytic resource for multi‑disciplinary projects and as a mentor to junior investigators.