
Major research interests.
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High/Ultra-high dimensional data analysis
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AI, Machine learning
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Data integration
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Network analysis
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Neuroimaging, imaging genetics, -omics, EHRs
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Aging, mental health, psychiatry
Please check my recent Curriculum Vitae
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Bayesian parametric/nonparametric modelling


Selected recent methdological publications
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Wang S, Zhang X, Liu Y, Tian X, Zhao Y. Neuroimaging connectivity analysis needs network science for brain-behavior linking. Nature Methods, in press, 2025.
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Zhao Y, Zhao Y. Covariance-on-Covariance regression. Biometrics, 81(3), 2025.
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Sun Y, Zhao X, Chan K, Xu W, Allore H, Zhao Y. Semiparametric joint modeling for biomarker trajectory before disease onset. Biometrics, 81(2), ujaf064, 2025.
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Xu W, Wang S, Tan C, Shen X, Luo W, Constable T, Li T, Zhao Y. Supervised brain node and network construction under voxel-level functional imaging. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, 2025.
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Li C, Tian X, Gao S, Wang S, Wang G, Zhao Y, Zhao Y. Bayesian longitudinal network regression with application to brain connectome genetics. Statistics in Medicine, in press, 2025.
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Sun Z, Xu W, Li T, Kang J, Alanis-Lobato G, Zhao Y. Bayesian thresholded modeling for integrating brain node and network predictors. Biostatistics, 26(1), 2025.
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Chen T, Tan C, Zhao H, Constable T, Yip S, Zhao Y. Bayesian subtyping for multi-state brain functional connectome with application on adolescent brain cognition. Biostatistics, 26(1), 2025.
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Wang S, Wang Y, Xu F, Shen L, Zhao Y. Establishing group-level brain structural connectivity incorporating anatomical knowledge under latent space modeling. Medical Imaging Analysis, 99, 103309, 2024.
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Wang S, Wang Y, Xu F, Tian X, Fredricks C, Shen L, Zhao Y. Sex-specific topological structure associated with dementia via latent space estimation. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(12), 8387-8401, 2024.
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Dai W, Zhang Z, Song P, Zhang H, Zhao Y. Heritability and genetic contribution analysis of structural-functional coupling in human brain. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-19, 2024.
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Tian X, Li F, Shen L, Esserman D, Zhao Y. Bayesian pathway analysis over brain network mediators for survival data. Biometrics, 8(4), 2024. [Earlier version won the John Van Ryzin Award in Enar 2023]
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Wang S, Constable T, Zhang H, Zhao Y. Heterogeneity analysis on multi-state brain functional connectivity and adolescent neurocognition. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 119(546), 851-863, 2024. [Earlier version won the Best Student Paper Award in SMI 2022]
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Tian X, Wang Y, Wang S, Zhao Y, Zhao Y. Bayesian mixed model inference for genetic association under related samples with brain network phenotype. Biostatistics, 25(4), 1195-1209, 2024.
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Tian X, Ciarleglio M, Cai J, Greene E, Esserman D, Li F, Zhao Y. Bayesian semi-parametric inference for clustered recurrent events with zero-inflation and a terminal event. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 73(3), 598-620, 2024. [Earlier version won a student paper from Bayesian Statistical Science
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Qiu W, Chu H, Wang S, Zuo H, Li X, Zhao Y, Ying R. Learning high-order relationship of brain regions. Proceedings of the International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML), 2024.
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Zhao Y, Chang C, Zhang J, Zhang Z. Genetic underpinnings of brain structural connectome for young adults. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 118 (543), 1473-1487, 2023.
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Zhao Y, Wu B, Kang J. Bayesian interaction selection model for multimodal neuroimaging data analysis. Biometrics, 79(2), 655-668, 2023.
Links
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Google Scholar Profile
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Yale Faculty Profile
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Yale Department of Biostatistics
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Yale School of Public Health
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Yale Department of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
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Yale Center for Analytical Sciences
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Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
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Yale Wu Tsai Institute
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Yale Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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Yale Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics
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Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science