Jiawan Sun
Graduate Student
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- jks6575@psu.edu
Graduate Advisor
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News Articles Featuring Jiawan Sun
May 05, 2026
How can the same genetic mutation lead to different clinical outcomes?
Individuals that share the same deletion of a portion of chromosome 16 are at risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders, but some experience severe intellectual disability or developmental delay, while others may only exhibit milder psychiatric features like depression or anxiety. How can this be? To answer this, a team led by Penn State scientists has developed methods to evaluate how genetic variants elsewhere in an individual’s genome work with the deletion to help determine the features that the individual will manifest.
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Apr 20, 2026
Sun awarded Robert T. Simpson Graduate Student Award for Innovative Research.
The Graduate Program Core Committee announced that Jiawan Sun has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Robert T. Simpson Graduate Student Award for Innovative Research.
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Oct 07, 2025
Background genetic variants influence clinical features in complex disorders
New study reveals how the complex interplay of genetic background can lead to different clinical presentations in individuals that share a primary genetic variant.
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