Siming Zhao
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science · Geisel School of Medicine · Dartmouth College
Quick answer: Siming Zhao is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Dartmouth College. Siming Zhao shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Methods development for studying mutations in noncoding regions in cancer
Impacts of genetic backgrounds for cancer phenotypes
Causal gene/pathway identification in genome wide association analysis
Research interests
Dr. Zhao's research focuses on studying the genetic etiology of human diseases, in particular, cancer. Her lab develops computational methods and tools to analyze large-scale genomic datasets, aiming to translate data into biological insights. Specific areas of interest include modeling of mutation selection in cancer, genotype-phenotype association analysis, integration of multiple types of genomic datasets for disease gene discovery.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Recent Advances in Radiative Cooling: From Fundamentals to Commercial Applications.
Integrating multi-omics and multi-context QTL data with GWAS reveals the genetic architecture of complex traits and improves the discovery of risk genes.
MIRAGE: A Bayesian statistical method for gene-level rare-variant analysis incorporating functional annotations.
Adjusting for genetic confounders in transcriptome-wide association studies improves discovery of risk genes of complex traits.
Integrated mutational landscape analysis of uterine leiomyosarcomas.
Allele-specific open chromatin in human iPSC neurons elucidates functional disease variants.
Whole-exome sequencing of cervical carcinomas identifies activating ERBB2 and PIK3CA mutations as targets for combination therapy.
Detailed modeling of positiv
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Is Siming Zhao hiring PhD students at Dartmouth College?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Siming Zhao's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Methods development for studying mutations in noncoding regions in cancer
Impacts of genetic backgrounds for cancer phenotypes
Causal gene/pathway identification in genome wide association analysis.
What does Siming Zhao research?
Dr. Zhao's research focuses on studying the genetic etiology of human diseases, in particular, cancer. Her lab develops computational methods and tools to analyze large-scale genomic datasets, aiming to translate data into biological insights. Specific areas of interest include modeling of mutation
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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