 
Hongyu Zhao |
of Public Health, Genetics
Hongyu Zhao, newly appointed as the Ira V. Hiscock Associate Professor of Public Health and Genetics, focuses his work on the development of mathematical, statistical and numerical methods to address scientific questions raised in molecular biology and genetics.
Zhao is working with colleagues on the development of statistical methods, mathematical models and software for use in studies aimed at identifying genes underlying complex diseases, studying genetic variations in populations around the world and investigating genetic mechanisms related to mental retardation, among other projects. In addition, he is also developing statistical methods to estimate gene expression levels from microarray data, to identify genes with correlated expression patterns and to understand a variety of biological pathways.
Zhao is the principal investigator of three research studies currently underway in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and is also involved in several other studies. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the March of Dimes Foundation.
The Yale scientist has authored or coauthored nearly 50 scientific articles and has been a guest lecturer or speaker at numerous universities, professional meetings and international conferences.
A graduate of Peking University in Beijing, China, Zhao earned his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley, where he won the Evelyn Fix Memorial Medal and Citation. He taught at the University of California at Los Angeles before joining the Yale faculty in 1996 as an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. In 1999, he began a joint appointment in the Department of Genetics. He was named an associate professor in 2000.
Since 1998, Zhao has served as associate editor of the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics. He is a is a member of an NIH study section and serves as a consultant to Genaissance Pharmaceuticals Inc. Zhao is the recipient of a Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award from the March of Dimes Foundation.
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