Zhang Ruyang
1. Personal Information
Title/Position: Lecturer
Correspondence Address:Department of Biostatistics, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Av., Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 211166, P.R. China.
Telephone: 86-25-86868436
Fax: 86-25-86868436
E-mail: zhangruyang@njmu.edu.cn
2. Education
INSTITUTION | DEGREE (if applicable) | MM/YY | FIELD OF STUDY |
Nanjing Medical University | B. Med. | 09/03-06/08 | Biostatistics |
Nanjing Medical University | Ph. D. | 09/08-06/13 | Biostatistics |
Harvard University | Visiting scientist | 06/15-08/17 | Genetic statistics |
3. Research Interests
I am currently conducting research in high-dimensional statistical methods in lung cancer and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) genomic, epi-genomic, proteomic studies, gene-gene and gene-environment interaction study of lung cancer and ARDS and tips of SAS, R and STATA advanced programming
4. Selected Publications
Zhang R#, Wang Z, Tejera P, Frank JA, Wei Y, Su L, Zhu Z, Guo Y, Chen F, Bajwa KE, Thompson BT, Christiani DC*. Late-onset moderate-to-severe ARDS is associated with shorter survival and higher mortality: a two-stage association study. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Accepted at Nov 22. IF = 10.125
Zhang R#, Chu M#, Zhao Y#, Wu C, Guo H, Shi Y, Dai J, Wei Y, Jin G, Ma H, Dong J, Yi H, Gong J, Sun C, Zhu M, Wu T, Hu Z, Lin D, Shen H*, Chen F*. A genome-wide gene-environment interaction analysis for tobacco smoke in lung cancer susceptibility. Carcinogenesis. 2014 Jul; 35(7): 1528-1535. IF =5.334
Chu M#, Zhang R#, Zhao Y#, Wu C, Guo H, Zhou B, Lv J, Shi Y, Dai J, Jin G, Wei Y, Wang C, Gong J, Sun C, Zhu M, Qiu Y, Wu T, Hu Z, Lin D, Shen H*, Chen F*. A genome-wide gene-gene interaction analysis identifies an epistatic gene pair for lung cancer susceptibility in Han Chinese. Carcinogenesis. 2014 Mar 9, 35(3): 572-577. (Co-first) IF =5.334
Chu M#, Ji X#, Chen W#, Zhang R#, Sun C, Wang T, Luo C, Gong J, Zhu M, Fan J, Hou Z, Dai J, Jin G, Wu T, Chen F, Hu Z*, Ni C*, Shen H*.A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci of silica related pneumoconiosis in Han Chinese. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 1; 23(23): 6385-6394. (Co-first) IF =6.393
Lu C#, Jiang J#, Zhang R#, Wang Y, Xu M, Qin Y, Lin Y, Guo X, Ni B, Zhao Y, Diao N, Chen F, Shen H, Sha J, Xia Y*, Hu Z, Wang X. Gene copy number alterations in the azoospermia-associated AZFc region and their effect on spermatogenic impairment. Mol Hum Reprod. 2014 Sep; 20(9): 836-843. (Co-first) IF =3.747
Zhang R#, Zhao Y#,Chu M#, Wu C, Jin G, Dai J, Wang C, Hu L, Gou J, Qian C, Bai J, Wu T, Hu Z, Lin D, Shen H, Chen F*. Pathway analysis for genome-wide association study of lung cancer in Han Chinese population. PLoS One. 2013, 8(3): e57763. IF =3.534
Zhang R#, Zhao Y#, Chu M, Mehta A, Wei Y, Liu Y, Xun P, Bai J, Yu H, Su L, Zhang H, Hu Z, Shen H, Chen F*, Christiani. DC*. A large scale gene-centric association study of lung function in newly-hired female cotton textile workers with endotoxin exposure. PLoS One. 2013. 8(3): e59035. IF =3.534
5. Scholarly and Professional Activities
Member of American Thoracic Society
Member of International Biometrics Society-China
