Christoph Lange

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Biography

Research

Christoph's research interests are at the intersection of biostatistical methodology, numerical analysis, and computer science. Formally trained in all 3 areas, Christoph headed the analysis of the first genome-wide association study for complex diseases, the longitudinal analysis of BMI in the Framingham Heart Study. To address the challenges of this first wave of "big data" in genetics, Christoph's group developed statistical methodology to maximize power in such studies that minimize the effects of the multiple testing problem in GWAS and developed massively parallel software implementations for the analysis that also efficiently scale with the study size (PBAT software package). Christoph's group then successfully commercialized
the package in collaboration with GoldenHelix.

Currently, Christoph's group focuses on the statistical and computational challenges posed by whole-genome sequencing studies, e.g. powerful analysis methodology, clustering approaches of the genome, approaches to permutation testing, storage algorithm, etc.

Christoph is also involved in collaborative research in Asthma Genetics, COPD Genetics, and Alzheimer's Genetics.

Education

Ph.D., 2000, University of Reading, United Kingdom

Publications

• A call to action on antimicrobial stewardship in tuberculosis: safeguarding effective tuberculosis treatment for future generations.

  Brehm TT, Yedilbayev A, Perehinets I, Ashiru-Oredope D, Chesov D, Lange C. Lancet Reg Health Eur 2026

  PMID: 42549001

• Tuberculosis in migrant children and adolescents in Europe: a joint TBnet and ptbnet systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Vasiliu A, Kunst H, Hovardovska O, Fredricks K, Konstantynovska O, Lange B, Bockey A, Götzinger F, Buonsenso D, Basu-Roy R, Velizarova S, Tsolia M, Noguera-Julian A, Ritz N, Caminero JA, Tebruegge M, Lange C, Mandalakas AM, Brinkmann F. Clin Microbiol Infect 2026 Jul 17

  PMID: 42468846

• Cross-cohort analysis of expression and splicing quantitative trait loci in TOPMed.

  Orchard P, Blackwell TW, Kachuri L, Castaldi PJ, Cho MH, Christenson SA, Durda P, Gabriel S, Hersh CP, Huntsman S, Hwang S, Joehanes R, Johnson M, Li X, Lin H, Liu CT, Liu Y, Mak ACY, Manichaikul AW, Paik DT, Saferali A, Smith JD, Taylor KD, Tracy RP, Wang J, Wang M, Weinstock JS, Weiss J, Wheeler HE, Zhou Y, Zöllner S, Wu JC, Mestroni L, Graw S, Taylor MRG, Ortega VE, Johnson WC, Gan W, Abecasis G, Nickerson DA, Gupta N, Ardlie K, Woodruff PG, Bowler RP, Meyers DA, Reiner A, Kooperberg C, Ziv E, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Cupples LA, Silverman EK, Rich SS, Heard-Costa N, Tang H, Rotter JI, Smith AV, Levy D, Aguet F, Scott LJ, Raffield LM, Parker SCJ, Abe N, Almasy L, Ament S, Anugu P, Auer P, Avramopoulos D, Balasubramanian A, Barr RG, Barwick L, Beaty T, Becker D, Becker L, Beitelshees A, Benos T, Bezerra M, Bis J, Brody J, Broeckel U, Broome J, Bunting K, Buth E, Carey V, Carty C, Casaburi R, Chaffin M, Chang C, Chang YC, Chavan S, Chen BJ, Chen WM, Choi SH, Chuang LM, Chung RH, Conomos M, Cornell E, Crandall C, Crapo J, Curtis J, Damcott C, David S, de Las Fuentes L, de Vries P, Deka R, DeMeo D, Devine S, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Duan Q, Duggirala R, Eaton C, Ekunwe L, El Boueiz A, Emery L, Farber C, Farek J, Franceschini N, Frazar C, Fu M, Fullerton SM, Fulton L, Gao S, Gao Y, Gass M, Geiger H, Ghosh A, Gignoux C, Glahn D, Gogarten S, Gong DW, Goring H, Grine D, Gu CC, Guan Y, Hall M, Han Y, Harris D, Heavner B, Herrington D, Hobbs B, Hong E, Hoth K, Hsiung CA, Hu J, Hung YJ, Huston H, Hwu CM, Jackson R, Jain D, Johnsen J, Johnston R, Jones K, Kessler M, Khan A, Khan Z, Kim W, Kimoff J, Kinney G, Kramer H, Lange C, Lange E, Laurie C, Laurie C, LeBoff M, Lee S, Lee WJ, Levine D, Lewis J, Li Y, Lin X, Liu S, Liu Y, Make B, Manning A, Manson J, Martin L, Marton M, Mathai S, May S, McArdle P, McDonald ML, McFarland S, McGoldrick D, McHugh C, Mei H, Meigs J, Menon V, Min N, Moll M, Momin Z, Montasser M, Mychaleckyj JC, Naik R, Naseri T, Natarajan P, Nelson SC, Neltner B, Nessner C, Nkechinyere O, O'Connell J, O'Connor T, Ochs-Balcom H, Okwuonu G, Pankow J, Parker C, Peloso G, Peralta JM, Perez M, Perry J, Peters U, Phillips LS, Pollin T, Becker JP, Boorgula MP, Psaty B, Qiao D, Rafaels N, Rajendran M, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Ratan A, Reed R, Regan E, Reupena MS, Robillard R, Roselli C, Ruczinski I, Runnels A, Russell P, Ryan K, Sabino EC, Salimi S, Salvi S, Salzberg S, Sandow K, Santibanez J, Schwander K, Sciurba F, Sériès F, Shetty A, Shetty A, Silver B, Skomro R, Smith T, Smoller S, Snively B, Stilp AM, Storm G, Streeten E, Su JL, Sung YJ, Sylvia J, Szpiro A, Taub M, Taylor S, Thornton TA, Threlkeld M, Tinker L, Tirschwell D, Tiwari H, Tong C, Tsai M, Vaidya D, Walker T, Wallace R, Walts A, Wang FF, Wang H, Watson K, Watt J, Weng LC, Wessel J, Williams K, Wilson C, Wilson J, Winterkorn L, Wong Q, Wu B, Xu H, Yanek L, Yang I, Zekavat SM, Zhao SX, Zhao W, Zhu X. Science 2026 Jul 16

  PMID: 42462027

• Diagnostic Yield of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Testing in Patients with Chronic Lung Diseases: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

  Jankovic Makek M, Tolic E, Lange C, Zvonar M, Darapi Marušic D, Marekovic I, Badovinac S, Glodic G, Marcic K, Zielinski N, Reimann M. Infect Drug Resist 2026

  PMID: 42381728

• Individualized Therapy Guided by Drug Susceptibility Testing for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

  Brehm TT, Schaub D, Dreyer V, Köhler N, Kuhns M, Maurer FP, Lange C, Kalsdorf B. Open Forum Infect Dis 2026

  PMID: 42369970