Faculty profile

Zhaoxia Yu

Professor; Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies

DEGREE:

Ph.D. 2005, Rice University

RESEARCH AREAS:

Statistics and Statistical Theory

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Professor Yu's research focuses on developing statistical methods and computational tools for the analysis of biomedical and other data. Her current research includes genome-wide association analysis, haplotype-based analysis, and the study of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. She is also interested in imputing missing data, and using machine learning tools such as graphical methods to understand gene regulatory network and genetic pathway.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

E-mail: yu.zhaoxia@uci.edu
Office: DBH 2214
Phone: (949) 824-0491
Fax: (949) 824-9863
Website: www.ics.uci.edu/~zhaoxia/