Senior Research Associate
Email: jhz22@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: 01223 748663
Background
Education
| Institution and Location | Degree (if applicable) | Year(s) | Field of Study |
| Shandong (Medical) University, China | Bachelor | 1980-1985 | Public Health |
| Fudan (Shanghai Medical) University, China | Master | 1985-1988 | Medical Statistics |
| King’s College London, UK | PhD | 1996-2002 (part-time) | Statistical Genetics |
Positions and Employment
| Duration | Positions |
| 1988.9-1994.8 | Research associate, Division of Sampling Survey, Center for Health Statistics Information, Ministry of Health |
| 1994.8-1996.5 | Visiting scientist, Department of Environmental Science, School of Public Health & Channing Laboratory, Medical School, Harvard University |
| 1996.5-2002.8 | PostDoc & Lecturer (2001.3-2002.8), Section of Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London |
| 2002.9-2005.9 | Statistician, Social and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London |
| 2005.9-2018.7 | Investigator scientist in Genetics, MRC Epidemiology Unit |
| 2018.8- | Genetic Analyst / Senior Research Associate, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge |
Research Interests
My work relates to methods and applications in epidemiology/public health with a current focus on proteogenomics. Following earlier efforts on candidate genes and genomewide association studies (GWASs), I have contributed to consortium work including recently the Host Genetics Initiatives on COVID-19 through the INTERVAL study. I am interested in predictive modeling involving polygenic effects, gene-environment interactions and web technologies. I have striven for reproducible research by distributing R packages at the comprehensive R Archive network (CRAN), https://cran.r-project.org, and giving tutorials at UseR! Conferences and a Henry-Stewart talk. My pipelines for large-scale genomic data have been made available through GitHub, https://github.com/jinghuazhao.
Additional Information
At CEU, I have created GitHub repositories linking through website https://cambridge-ceu.github.io.
I have a personal page: https://jinghuazhao.github.io.