Raymond Gao

Associate Professor

Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences

Raymond Gao

Academic contact

915 Olentangy River Rd
Columbus, OH 43212

Raymond.Gao@osumc.edu

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

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