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Jing Hua Zhao

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Jing Hua Zhao works as an investigator scientist with research interests in statistical and computational genetics. He received a bachelor's degree in public health from Shandong Medical University, China and a master's degree in medical statistics from Shanghai (Fudan) Medical University, China. He then came to the UK where he studied for a PhD in genetics at King's College London. His past positions include:

• Research Associate at Centre for Health Statistics Information, Ministry of Health, China
  
• visiting Scientist at the Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, and the Channing Laboratory, Harvard University
  
• Research Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
  
• Statistician at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London in the Whitehall II study.

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Selected publications:

1. Zhao JH. Gap: genetic analysis package. J Stat Soft 2007;23(8):1-18
2. Zhao JH, JA Luan, F Baksh, Q Tan. Mining gene networks with application to GAW15 problem 1. BMC Proceedings 2007;1(Suppl 1):S52
3. Tan Q, Christiansen L, Brasch-Andersen C, Zhao JH, Kruse TA, Christensen K. Retrospective analysis of main and interaction effects in genetic association studies of human complex traits. BMC Genetics 2007;8:70   
4. Zhao JH, JA Luan, Q Tan, R Loos, N Wareham. Analysis of Large Genomic Data in Silico: The EPIC-Norfolk Study of Obesity. In DS Huang, L Heutte, and M Loog (Eds). ICIC2007, CCIS 2 Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Applications with Aspects of Contemporary Intelligent Computing Technologies 781-790.
5. Zhao JH, Q Tan. Genetic dissection of complex traits in silico: approaches, problems and solutions. Curr Bioinformatics 2006;1(3):359-369
6. Zhao JH, Q Tan. Integrated analysis of genetic data with R. Hum Genomics 2006;2(4):258-265
7. Tan Q, K Christensen, L Christiansen, L Bathum, S Li, JH Zhao, TK Kruse. Haplotype association analysis of human disease traits using multi-locus genotype data of unrelated subjects. Genetical Res 2005;86:223-231
8. Zhao JH. Mixed-effects Cox models of alcohol dependence in extended families. BMC Genetics 2005;6(Suppl 1):S127
9. Zhao JH, EJ Brunner, M Kumari, A Singh-Manoux, E Hawe, PJ Talmud, MG Marmot, SE Humphries. Longitudinal study of APOE polymorphism, socioeconomic status and cognitive function in later mid-life: the Whitehall II study. Soc Psychiatr and Psychiatr Epidemiol 2005;40:557-563
10. Tan Q, JH Zhao, I Iachine, J Hjelmborg, W Vach, JW Vaupel, Christensen K, TA Kruse. Power of non-parametric linkage analysis in mapping genes contributing to human longevity. Genet Epidemiol 2004;26:245-253
11. Gabrovsek M, M Brecelj-Anderluh, L Bellodi, E Cellini, D Di Bella, X Estivill, F Fernandez-Aranda, B Freeman, F Geller, M Gratacos, R Haigh, J Hebebrand, A Hinney, J Holliday, X Hu, A Karwautz, B Nacmias, M Ribases, H Remschmidt, R Komel, S Sorbi, M Tomori, J Treasure, G Wagner, J Zhao, DA Collier. Combined family trio and case-control analysis of the COMT val158met polymorphism in European patients with anorexia nervosa. Am J Med Genet B (Neuropsychiatric Genet) 2004;124B:68-72.
12. Zhao JH. 2LD, GENECOUNTING and HAP: Computer programs for linkage disequilibrium analysis. Bioinformatics 2004;20:1325-1326
13. Zhao JH, PC Sham. Generic number system and haplotype analysis. Comp Meth Prog Biomed 2003;70:1-9
14. Zhao JH, PC Sham. Faster allelic association using unrelated individuals. Hum Hered 2002;53:36-41
15. Zhao JH, D Curtis, PC Sham. Model-free and permutation tests for allelic associations. Hum Hered 2000;50(2):133-139
16. Sham PC, MW Lin, JH Zhao, D Curtis. Power comparison of parametric and nonparametric linkage tests in small pedigrees. Am J Hum Genet 2000;66(5):1661-1668
17. Sham P, JH Zhao, SS Cherny, JK Hewitt. Variance components QTL linkage analysis of selected and non-normal samples: conditioning on trait values. Genet Epidemiol 2000;19:(Suppl 1):22-28
18. Sham PC, JH Zhao. The power of genome-wide sib pair linkage scans for quantitative trait loci using the new Haseman-Elston regression method. Gene Screen 2000;1:103-106
19. Zhao JH, PC Sham. A method for calculating probability convolution using ternary numbers with application in the determination of twin zygosity. Comp Stat Data Anal 1998;28(2):225-232
20. Sham PC, JH Zhao, D. Curtis. Optimal weighting scheme for affected sib-pair analysis of sibship data. Ann Hum Genet 1997;61:61-69

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