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Selected Publication
Selected Publication
Bingxin Zhao et al., Heart-brain connections: Phenotypic and genetic insights from magnetic resonance images (2023). Science. LINK
Related perspective article in Science; Research highlight by Nature Reviews Cardiology
Selected as one of the top 10 research findings by the Chief Scientist of UK Biobank from the first decade of the UK Biobank Imaging Project.
Recognized by the inaugural UK Biobank Scientific Impact Awards; Interviewed by UK biobank.
Bingxin Zhao, Engineering AI co-scientists for statistical genetics applications (2026). Nature Genetics. LINK
Bingxin Zhao et al., Common variants contribute to intrinsic functional architecture of human brain (2022). Nature Genetics. LINK
Bingxin Zhao et al., Common genetic variation influencing human white matter microstructure (2021). Science. LINK
Related perspective article in Science.
Bingxin Zhao et al., Genome-wide association analysis of 19,629 individuals identifies variants influencing regional brain volumes and refines their genetic co-architecture with cognitive and mental health traits (2019). Nature Genetics. LINK [Cover Feature]
Buxin Su et al., Self-rankings as a predictor of scientific impact beyond peer review (2026). Nature Computational Science. LINK
Research highlight by Nature Index. Highlighted by Nature Computational Science News & Views.
Highlighted by Penn Today. Highlighted by Daily Pennsylvanian. Highlighted by Wharton AI & Analytics Insight.
Zirui Fan and Bingxin Zhao, Multi-organ imaging genetics: Toward an integrated view of brain, body and brain diseases (2026). Nature Reviews Neurology.
Juan Shu et al., Inferring multi-organ genetic connections using imaging and clinical data through Mendelian randomization (2026). Nature Biomedical Engineering. LINK
Recognized by the 2023 ASHG Reviewers' Choice Award (top 10%)
Zirui Fan et al., The landscape of plasma proteomic links to human organ imaging (2026). Nature Communications. LINK
Yijun Fan et al., Mapping rare protein-coding variants on multi-organ imaging traits (2026). Nature Communications. LINK
Recognized by the 2024 ASHG Reviewers' Choice Award (top 10%)
Bingxin Zhao et al., Eye-brain connections revealed by multimodal retinal and brain imaging genetics (2024). Nature Communications. LINK
Bingxin Zhao et al., Transcriptome-wide association analysis of brain structures yields insights into pleiotropy with complex neuropsychiatric traits (2021). Nature Communications. LINK
Fei Xue and Bingxin Zhao, High-dimensional statistical inference for linkage disequilibrium score regression and its cross-ancestry extensions (2025). Annals of Statistics. LINK
Recognized by the 2025 IMS (Institute of Mathematical Statistics) Tweedie New Researcher Award.
Bingxin Zhao, Shurong Zheng, and Hongtu Zhu, On block-wise and reference panel-based estimators for genetic data prediction in high dimensions (2024). Annals of Statistics. LINK
Yujue Li et al., Analyzing cross-trait genetic architecture with the BIGA cloud computing platform (2026). Journal of the American Statistical Association. LINK
Bingxin Zhao, Xiaochen Yang, and Hongtu Zhu, Estimating trans-ancestry genetic correlation with unbalanced data resources (2024). Journal of the American Statistical Association. LINK
Bingxin Zhao and Hongtu Zhu, On genetic correlation estimation with summary statistics from genome-wide association studies (2022). Journal of the American Statistical Association. LINK
Recognized by the 2020 ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award.
Bingxin Zhao and Fei Zou, On polygenic risk scores for complex polygenic trait prediction (2022). Biometrics. LINK
Bingxin Zhao, Fei Zou, and Hongtu Zhu, Cross-trait prediction accuracy of summary statistics in genome-wide association studies (2023). Biometrics. LINK
Selected Projects
Selected Projects
Genetics of the Human Brain
Genetics of the Human Brain
Bingxin Zhao et al. Science (2021).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Nature Genetics (2022).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Nature Genetics (2019).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Mol. Psychiatry (2019).
Bingxin Zhao et al. medRxiv (2022).
Bingxin Zhao et al. medRxiv (2023).
Inter-organ Connections
Inter-organ Connections
Bingxin Zhao et al. Science (2023).
Juan Shu et al. Nat. Biomed. Eng. (2026).
Zirui Fan et al. Nat. Rev. Neurol. (2026).
Yijun Fan et al. Nat. Commun. (2026).
Juan Shu et al. medRxiv (2025).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Nat. Commun. (2024).
Statistics and Applied Math
Statistics and Applied Math
Fei Xue et al. AOS (2025).
Bingxin Zhao et al. AOS (2024).
Bingxin Zhao et al. JASA (2024).
Bingxin Zhao et al. JASA (2022).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Biometrics (2023).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Biometrics (2022).
Buxin Su et al. arXiv (2024).
Haoxuan Fu et al. arXiv (2024).
Buxin Su et al. arXiv (2025).
Genomics and Proteomics
Genomics and Proteomics
Zirui Fan et al. Nat. Commun. (2026).
Bingxin Zhao et al. Nat. Commun. (2021).
Chong Wu et al. bioRxiv (2023).
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