Yize Zhao, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept of Biostatistics, Dept of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science, Center for Analytical Sciences, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Wu Tsai Institute, Brain and Mind Health, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Dr. Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. She is also affiliated with Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Yale Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Her main research focuses on the development of statistical and machine learning methods to analyze large-scale complex data (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, mental disorders and aging, etc. Her most recent research agenda includes analytical method development and applications on brain network analyses, multimodal imaging modeling, imaging genetics, and the integration of biomedical data with EHR data. Her research is supported by multiple NIH grants.
What do you do with Data Science?
My methodology research focuses on the development of statistical and machine learning methods to analyze large-scale complex data (neuroimaging, -omics, EHRs), Bayesian methods, feature selection, predictive modeling, data integration, missing data and network analysis. My most recent research agenda includes analytical method development and applications on brain network analyses, multimodal imaging modeling, imaging genetics, and the integration of biomedical data with EHR data. I have strong interests in subject matter fields including aging, mental health and psychiatry.