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Bingxin Zhao, PhD, Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania
September 14, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium
Title: Biobank-scale imaging genetics for human health: findings, perspectives, and resources
This week hosted by AI2D – Christos Davatzikos, PhD & Jinbo Chen, PhD
Seminar Abstract:
In recent years, the UK Biobank study has scanned over 40,000 participants’ brains and bodies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In addition, publicly available imaging genetic datasets also emerge from several other independent studies. We collected massive individual-level MRI data from different data resources, harmonized image processing procedures, and conducted biobank-scale genetic studies for various traits resulting from diverse imaging modalities. In this talk, we showcase novel clinical findings from our analyses, such as the shared genetic influences between brain and heart health. We also discuss current progress, future topics, and publicly available resources in this research area. This presentation is based on a series of joint works with the BIG-S2 lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and students from Purdue University’s statistics and computer science departments.
Brief Bio:
Bingxin Zhao is an assistant professor in the Wharton Statistics and Data Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. Prior to joining UPenn, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at Purdue University from 2020 to 2022. He is interested in statistical methods & applications to big data, high-dimensional statistics, biomedical & biological data science, environmental data science, and social data science. For more information about Bingxin Zhao, please visit: https://bingxinzhao.com/.