Xiaoling Zhang
Co-leader Project 2, FHS-BAP
Dr. Zhang is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Medicine, Section of Biomedical Genetics and Dept. of Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her primary research interests focus on developing methods for analyzing large-scale genetics and genomics data including microarray, genotype and next-generation sequencing data; discovering common, low-frequency and rare variants associated with complex diseases and their risk factors; identifying and prioritizing putative causal genetic variants by integrative genomics study that involves combining biological information from a wide-range of data resources with eQTL analysis, pathway analysis and regulatory network analysis, and translating the above computational findings to the molecular mechanisms underlying human genetic disorders by conducting experimental validation through collaborations.