Gao Wang
Assistant Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolGao Wang is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University and a computational biologist with 11 years of experience focused on the genetics of brain diseases. Trained with a PhD in Structural Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics and a postdoc in Statistical Genetics from the University of Chicago, he combines structural insight with population-scale statistical methods. His work bridges molecular mechanisms and genetic association studies to uncover biological drivers of neurological disorders. Based in New York, he runs an academic program that translates computational methods into hypotheses testable in the lab and clinic. Colleagues describe him as comfortable moving between deep quantitative modeling and biologically grounded questions, bringing rigorous statistical genetics to complex neurobiological problems.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Structural Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Structural Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics at Baylor College of MedicinePostdoc, Statistical Genetics, Postdoc, Statistical Genetics at University of Chicago
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Github Skills (180)
python10
data-manipulation10
forge10
immunology10
regression10
variable-selection10
computational-biology10
statistical-genetics10
reproducible-science10
dataframes10
pandas10
pickle10
linear-models10
pipeline10
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
StatFunGen/SuSiEGLMM.jl
Nov 2021 - Feb 2025
Julia package for sum of single effects regression with generalized linear mixed model
Contributions:3 reviews, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 3 years 4 months
julia-packageregressionlinear-modelslinearmixed-models
StatFunGen/simxQTL
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
In house simulation R package to support investigations of various QTL association methods
Contributions:7 reviews, 5 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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