Zhongming Zhao, PhD
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Associate Editor
Term Expiration:
12/31/2024
Affiliation(s):
University of Texas HSC Houston
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Areas of Interest:
genetics, genomics, computational biology, drug repurposing
Biography & Research:
Dr. Zhongming Zhao holds University Chair for Precision Health and is the founding director of the Center for Precision Health, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Dr. Zhao has a unique, interdisciplinary educational and research background. He completed his master’s degrees in Genetics (1996), Biomathematics (1998), and Computer Science (2002), Ph.D. degree in Human and Molecular Genetics (2000), and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioinformatics (2001-2003). Dr. Zhao has broad interests in bioinformatics, genomics, population genetics, precision medicine, and machine learning and has co-authored over 500 total publications in these areas (cited by >25,000 times, H-index = 80).
