- About this researcher
Raymond Gao
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Academic information
- Department: Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Research interests
- Vision Disorders
- Human Genetics
- Statistical Genomics
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
About
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at The Ohio State University. My research program involves interdisciplinary studies in genetics, statistics and bioinformatics. My lab uses biomedical big data and artificial intelligence.
I am an experienced statistical geneticist and a leader of ocular genomics research for multiple National Eye Institute funded projects on glaucoma genetics, steroid-induced ocular hypertension and ocular biostatistics and genetic analysis. I am also a principal investigator of a National Institute on Aging funded project, genetic basis of age-at-onset of Alzheimer disease. I have published widely on a variety of topics in vision research, statistical genomics and genetic epidemiology. My research goals are to advance our understanding of the genetic architecture of ocular diseases and traits and to improve our ability to predict disease, target prevention to high-risk individuals and tailor treatment based on individual genomic differences.
Credentials
Education
- PhD - Bioinformatics-Statistics
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Postdoctoral - Center for Human Genetics
- Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Research
Research interests
- Vision Disorders
- Human Genetics
- Statistical Genomics
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Society Memberships
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- International Genetic Epidemiology Society
- American Society of Human Genetics
- American Statistical Association
Honors and Awards
- James H. Zumberge Research and Innovation Individual Award, 2011-2012
- Minority Scholarship, 12th International Meeting on Human Genome Variation and Complex Genome Analysis, 2011
- Section on Statistics in Epidemiology Travel Award, American Statistical Association, 2009
