Methods Development

A selection of methodological interests and recent publications

High-dimensional mediation analysis

How to quantify omics mediators in the path from an environmental exposure to a trait?

  • 2026

    Estimation of total mediation effect for a binary trait in a case-control study for high-dimensional omics mediators

    Annals of Applied Statistics (In press)

  • 2025

    Speeding up interval estimation for R2-based mediation effect of high-dimensional mediators via cross-fitting

    Biostatistics, 26(1), kxae037

Multi-omics integrative analysis

How to improve causal gene discovery for diseaases, including rare childhood cancer?

  • 2026

    A Pseudotime-Dependent TWAS Framework Identifies Disease Genes along Cell Developmental Paths

    HGG Advances, 7(4), 100634

  • 2025

    Multiancestry transcriptome-wide association study identifies candidate genes associated with hepatoblastoma

    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 34(8), 1405-1414.

Gene × environment interaction

How does environment variable influence genetic effects on a trait?

  • 2020

    Incorporating multiple sets of eQTL weights into gene-by-environment interaction analysis to identify novel susceptibility loci for pancreatic cancer

    Genetic Epidemiology, 44(8), 880–892

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