Yang Zhao PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Head of the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Director of the Biomedical Big-Data Center
Nanjing Medical University
101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 211166
Research Interest
Causal Inference, Statistical Methods for -Omics Data, Clinical Trial, Real World Studies
Education
2000 Bachelor of Clinical Medicine, Nantong University
2003 Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Nantong University
2009 Doctor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Nanjing Medical University
Working Experience
2003-2005 Nanjing Medical University Teaching Assistant
2005-2013 Nanjing Medical University Instructor
2010-2012 Harvard School of Public Health Post-Doc
2013-2019 Nanjing Medical University Associate Professor
2019- Nanjing Medical University Professor
Social Activities
2022-Committee of Biostatistics, Jiangsu Society of Preventive Medicine Chair
2021-Committee of Biostatistics, Chinese Society of Preventive Medicine
Vice Chair
2019-Committee of Statistical Experts, Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology
Vice Chair
2017-Committee of Statistical Education, Chinese Pharmaceutical Education Society
Vice Chair
2017-Committee of Statistical Education, Chinese Medical Information and Health Big Data Society
Vice Chair
2017-China Branch of International Biometrics Society
Vice Secretary
Honor
2022 The 3rd Level in 333 Project of Jiangsu Province
2017 Qin-Lan Project of Jiangsu Province
2014 Qin-Lan Project of Jiangsu Province
Funding
2022- Estimation of ITE in Real World Studies
NSFC,Primary Investigator
2019-2020 A Study on the causal inference for high dimensional biomedical data based on random forests
NSFC,Primary Investigator
2013-2018 Developing Statistical Methods on Integrating Common and Rare Variants to Predict Lung Cancer Risk
NSFC,Primary Investigator
2009-2012 A Study on Risk Score Function Method for the Cancer Diagnostic and Prognostics Evaluation Based on Gene Expression Data
NSFC,Primary Investigator
Selected Publications
You,D., Wang, D., Wu, Y., Chen, X., Shao, F., Wei Y., Zhang R., LangeT., Ma H., Xu H., Hu Z., Christiani, D., Shen H., Chen F., ZhaoY.. Associations of genetic risk, BMI trajectories, and the risk of non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based cohort study. BMC Med 20, 203 (2022).https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02400-6
TangY, You D, Yi H, Yang S*and Zhao Y*(2022) IPRS: Leveraging Gene-Environment Interaction to Reconstruct Polygenic Risk Score. Front. Genet. 13:801397.doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.801397
ZhangH., Wang Z., Tang Y., Chen X., You D., Wu Y., Yu M., Chen W., Zhao Y. *,Chen X. Prediction of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: model development using a Chinese electronic health record dataset. JTransl Med 20, 166(2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-022-03351-5
Sun J,Lyu R, Deng L, Li Q, Zhao Y*,Zhang Y* (2022) SMetABF: A rapid algorithm for Bayesian GWASmeta-analysis with a large number of studies included. PLOS Computational Biology 18(3):e1009948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009948
Guan,Jinxing#,Zhao,Yang*#,Wei, Yongyue, Shen, Sipeng, You, Dongfang, Zhang, Ruyang, Lange,Theis and Chen, Feng*. 'Transmission dynamics model and the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic: applications andchallenges' Medical Review,vol. , no. , 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/mr-2021-0022
WuY, Bai J, Zhang M, Shao F, Yi H, You D* and ZhaoY*(2022)Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects for Intensive Blood PressureTherapy by Individual Components of FRS: An Unsupervised Data-Driven Subgroup Analysis in SPRINT and ACCORD. Front.Cardiovasc. Med. 9:778756.doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.778756
ZhouJ#, Bai J#, Yue Y#, Chen X, Lange T, You D*,ZhaoY*(2022). Association of Hypokalemia Incidence and Better Treatment Response in NSCLC Patients: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review on Anti-EGFR Targeted Therapy Clinical Trials.' FrontOncol11: 757456.
ZhangM#, Xu K#, Dai Q#, You D, Yu Z, Bao C*,ZhaoY*.A dynamic model for individualized prognosis prediction in patientswith avian influenza A H7N9. AnnTransl Med 2022;10(3):149.doi: 10.21037/atm-21-4126
SongR, Shi Y, Li X, Zhu J, Zhang H, Li K, Wang B, Zhang H, Yang Y, GaoL,Zhao Y* and Zhang Z* (2021) Potential of Antithrombin III as a Biomarker of Antidepressive Effect in Major Depressive Disorder. Front.Psychiatry12:678384. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.678384
BaoS#, Yue Y#, Hua Y#, Zeng T, Yang Y, Yang F, Yan X, Sun C, Yang M, FuZ, Huang X, Li J, Wu H, Li W*,Zhao Y*,Yin Y*. Safety profile of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)inhibitors in cancer: a network meta-analysis of randomizedcontrolled trials. AnnTransl Med 2021;9(15):1229.doi: 10.21037/atm-21-1883.
Chen,X.#, W. Gao#, J. Li#, D. You#, Z. Yu, M. Zhang, F. Shao, Y. Wei, R.Zhang, T. Lange, Q. Wang*, F. Chen*,X. Lu*, and Y.Zhao*, Apredictive paradigm for COVID-19 prognosis based on the longitudinal measure of biomarkers. BriefBioinform,2021.
YachenShi#, Ruize Songa#, Zan Wanga#, Hongxing Zhang, Jianli Zhu, YuanpingYue,YangZhao*,Zhijun Zhang*(2021). Potential clinical value of circular RNAs asperipheral biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of majordepressive disorder. EBioMedicine,2021,66,10337.
DongfangYou#; Mingzhi Zhang#; Wenjing He; Danhua Wang; Yang Yu; Zhaolei Yu;Theis Lange; Sheng Yang; Yongyue Wei; Hongxia Ma; Zhibin Hu;Hongbing Shen; Feng Chen*; YangZhao*(2021).Associationbetween dietary sodium, potassium intake and lung cancer risk:evidence from the prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancerscreening trial and the Women’s Health Initiative.Translational Lung Cancer Research,2021, 10(1): 45-56.
XinChen, Liangmin Wei, Hui Huang, Ruyang Zhang,LiSu, Mahmudur Rahman,Md Golam Mostofa, Quazi Qamruzzaman, Hao Yu, YangZhao∗,Yongyue Wei∗,David C Christiani∗andFeng Chen(2021)Assessmentof individual and mixture effects of element exposure measured inumbilical cord blood on birth weight in Bangladesh Environ.Res. Commun.3 105001.
ZhaoY., Wei Y.Y., Shen S.P., ZhangM.Z., Chen F. (2020). Appealing for efficient, well organized clinical trials on COVID-19. Annals of Translational Medicine.2020. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-2429.
YouD.F.#, Qin N.#, Zhang M.Z., Dai J.Z., Du M.L., Wei Y.Y., Zhang R.Y.,Hu Z.B., Christiani D.C., ZhaoY.*, Chen F. *. (2020)“Identification of genetic features associated with fineparticulate matter (PM2.5) modulated DNA damage using improved random forest analysis”. Gene740:144570.
Han,B., K. Li, Q. Wang, L. Zhang, J. Shi, Z. Wang, Y. Cheng, J. He, Y.Shi, Y. Zhao, H. Yu, Y. Zhao,W. Chen, Y. Luo, L. Wu, X. Wang, R. Pirker, K. Nan, F. Jin, J. Dong,B. Li and Y. Sun (2018). 'Effect of Anlotinib as a Third-Lineor Further Treatment on Overall Survival of Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The ALTER 0303 Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial.' JAMA Oncol 4(11): 1569-1575.
XuZ, Yue Y, Bai J, Shen C, Yang J, Huang X, ZhaoY∗,Li Y∗. Association between oral contraceptives and risk of hemorrhagic stroke: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Arch Gynecol Obstet.2018 May;297(5):1181-1191. doi: 10.1007/s00404-018-4723-7. Epub 2018Feb 19. PMID: 29460112.
Tang,W. #,J. Tang#,Y. Zhao#,Y. Qin, G. Jin, X. Xu, H. Zhu,H. Shen, X. Wang, Z. Hu and Y. Xia (2016). 'Exome-Wide Association Study Identified New Risk Loci for Hirschsprung'sDisease.' Mol Neurobiol.
Chu,M., R. Zhang, Y. Zhao,C. Wu, H. Guo, B. Zhou, J. Lu, Y. Shi, J. Dai, G. Jin, H. Ma, J.Dong, Y. Wei, C. Wang, J. Gong, C. Sun, M. Zhu, Y. Qiu, T. Wu, Z.Hu, D. Lin, H. Shen and F. Chen (2014). 'A genome-wide gene-gene interaction analysis identifies an epistatic gene pair forlung cancer susceptibility in Han Chinese.' Carcinogenesis35(3): 572-577.
Zhao,Y., Q. Wei, L. Hu, F. Chen, Z.Hu, R. S. Heist, L. Su, C. I. Amos, H. Shen and D. C. Christiani(2014). 'Polymorphisms in MicroRNAs are associated withsurvival in non-small cell lung cancer.' Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 23(11): 2503-2511.
Zhao,Y., F. Chen, R. Zhai, X. Lin,N. Diao and D. C. Christiani (2012). 'Association test based on SNP set: logistic kernel machine based test vs. principal componentanalysis.' PLoS One7(9): e44978.
Zhao,Y., F. Chen, R. Zhai, X. Lin,Z. Wang, L. Su and D. C. Christiani (2012). 'Correction forpopulation stratification in random forest analysis.' IntJ Epidemiol 41(6):1798-1806.
Zhao,Y., H. Yu, Y. Zhu, M.Ter-Minassian, Z. Peng, H. Shen, N. Diao and F. Chen (2012).'Genetic association analysis using sibship data: a multilevelmodel approach.' PLoS One 7(2): e31134.
Zhao,Y., L. Wang, H. B. Shen, Z. X.Wang, Q. Y. Wei and F. Chen (2007). 'Association between delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism and bloodlead levels: a meta-regression analysis.' JToxicol Environ Health A70(23): 1986-1994.