Yi Lu
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB),
Georgetown University Medical Center
Sweden
Biography
She is currently an early career research fellow (Australian NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, CJ Martin - Overseas Biomedical Fellowship, 2015-2018) working at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), Karolinska Institute and Statistical Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia. She was trained in statistics during undergraduate and Master degrees and have been working in the field of statistical genetics since PhD. Thus She had developed a unique set of statistical and computational skills which highly qualify myself in this interdisciplinary field. Her PhD projects involved investigating and applying statistical methods for complex diseases.She had been working on some large-scale gene mapping projects seeking to better understand the genetic basis of various traits of medical importance.
Research Interest
Psychiatry