Jia Zhenyu
Associate Professor Of Genetics
Akron, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolJia Zhenyu is an Associate Professor of Genetics at UC Riverside with over 16 years of combined academic and industry experience in statistical genomics, bioinformatics, and biomarker development for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. She has led multidisciplinary clinical research projects, supervised doctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and consulted for biotech and pharma companies including GlaxoSmithKline and Agendia. Technically fluent in SAS, R/Bioconductor, C++, Linux and high-throughput data analysis (microarray, qPCR, NGS), she bridges statistical rigor and biological insight to translate complex omics data into clinically actionable markers. A proven grant writer and author, she is equally comfortable collaborating with pathologists, oncologists, and commercial teams to move discoveries toward deployment. Based in Akron, Ohio, her lab focuses on statistical genomics while maintaining a strong track record of industry partnership and translational impact.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry, 3.8, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry, 3.8 at Wuhan UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Statistics, 3.9, Master of Science (MS), Statistics, 3.9 at UC Riverside
Github Skills (5)
bioinformatics10
genomics10
bioconductor10
gdc10
inference3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rli012/GDCRNATools
Nov 2017 - Jan 2020
GDCRNATools: an R/Bioconductor package for integrative analysis of lncRNA, miRNA and mRNA data in GDC
Contributions:302 commits, 267 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 2 months
lncrnagenomicsbioconductorintegrative-analysisbioinformatics
Jialab-UCR/Jialab-UCR.github.io
Nov 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:80 commits, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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