Dr Yuanhao Yang

Honorary Research Fellow

Mater Research Institute-UQ
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

Dr. Yuanhao Yang is research fellow at Mater Research Institute, with high-level expertise in computational and statistical genetics and genomics. His research field focuses on understanding the genetic and genomic etiology of human complex traits and common diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, depression and autism, through large-scale genetic/genomic and multi-omics data, including 1) revealing the genetic architecture of complex traits and common diseases using advanced genome-wide association study (GWAS)-based quantitative genetics methods; and 2) identifying potential relationships between disease risk and cellular genotypes/pathways using single-cell RNA sequence/spatial transcriptomics data and technology.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Quantitative Genetics, Queensland University of Technology
  • Masters (Coursework) of Biostatistics, The University of Manchester
  • Bachelor of Biotechnology, Sun Yat-sen University

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