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Sihai Dave Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He serves as the Assistant Director for Computational Genomics within the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute and is an affiliate at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. His research focuses on the application of statistical methods to genomic data, exploring areas such as statistical genomics, high-dimensional statistics, and survival analysis. Zhao received his PhD in Biostatistics from Harvard University in 2012 and has been with the University of Illinois since 2014, where he has held various faculty positions, contributing to the understanding of gene networks in neural development and reproductive health. Prior to his current role, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in biostatistics and epidemiology. Zhao's work is influential in integrating computational approaches with biological research, driving significant advancements in these fields.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Champaign, IL
Faculty member in the Department of Statistics and Department of Bioengineering.
University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Conducted research in biostatistics and epidemiology.
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