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    Yize Zhao, PhD

    Associate Professor of Biostatistics
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    Associate Professor of Biostatistics

    Biography

    Dr. Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. She is also affiliated with Yale Department of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science, Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Yale Wu Tsai Institute, Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health, and Yale Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Her main research focuses on the development of statistical and AI methods to analyze large-scale complex data (medical imaging, -omics, EHRs), Bayesian methods, feature selection, predictive modeling, data integration, missing data and network analysis. She has strong interests in biomedical research areas including mental health, psychiatry, neurodegenerative diseases, and aging. Her most recent research agenda includes analytical method development and cutting-edge scientific applications on brain-to-behavior modeling, multi-layer biomedical networks, imaging genetics and genomics, and the integration of multi-modal biomedical data with real-world data (EHRs, video, audio, etc.). Her research is supported by multiple NIH grants.

    Dr. Zhao is the recipient of the prestige Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), and the COPSS Emerging Leader Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS). She is currently a standing member of the NIH Biodata Management and Analysis (BDMA) study section.

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    Education & Training

    PhD
    Emory University (2014)
    BS
    Zhejiang University (2010)

    Research

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    Medical Research Interests

    Aging; Biomedical Research; Biostatistics; Electronic Health Records; Genetics; Mental Health; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry

    Public Health Interests

    Aging; Behavioral Health; Biomarkers; Genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics; Mental Health; Bayesian Statistics; Network Analysis

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Yize Zhao's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • activity

      Biometrics

      Journal ServiceAssociate Editor
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      BMC Medical Research Methodology

      Journal ServiceAssociate Editor
    • honor

      COPSS Emerging Leader Award

      International AwardCommittee of Presidents of Statistical Societies
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      Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award

      International AwardInstitute of Mathematical Statistics
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      YSPH Investigator Research Award

      Yale University AwardYSPH
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