Jian Yang (geneticist)

Jian Yang is a Chinese statistical geneticist and Professor of Statistical Genomics at the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience, as well as an affiliated professor at the Queensland Brain Institute. He received the 2015 Ruth Stephens Gani Medal for his research on the "missing heritability" of complex traits.[1] In 2017, he received the Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year from the Prime Minister of Australia for his work on the basis of genetic variation in complex human traits, such as obesity and schizophrenia.[2][3] He has researched the contribution of numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms to variation in quantitative traits, such as human height, as well as the role of natural selection in driving genetic variation in such traits. He and his colleagues have also used genetic data on common diseases to study potential environmental risk factors for them.[4][5][6]

Jian Yang
NationalityChinese
EducationZhejiang University
AwardsLawrence Creative Prize from the Centenary Institute (2012)
Ruth Stephens Gani Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2015)
Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year from the Prime Minister of Australia (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsStatistical genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland
ThesisDeveloping Methods and Software for Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits (2008)
Doctoral advisorJun Zhu
Other academic advisorsPeter Visscher

References
  1. "QBI researcher wins Australian Academy of Science award". Queensland Brain Institute. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. "Australia's Life Scientist of the Year delves deep into the mysteries of heritability". Australian Research Council. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. Slezak, Michael (18 October 2017). "Jenny Graves wins Australia's $250,000 prime minister's prize for science". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. Koreis, Darius (8 October 2014). "No single gene makes you tall or short". Futurity. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. Fleischfresser, Stephen (22 May 2018). "Stats point to natural selection drivers for weight, height, schizophrenia". Cosmos Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. Mitchell-Whittington, Amy (15 January 2018). "Scientists find 'good' cholesterol could increase risk of eye disease". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.


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