Raymond Gao, PhD
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Academic information
- Department: Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Research interests
- Vision Disorders
- Human Genetics
- Statistical Genetics
- Artificial Intelligence
About
Biography
I am an associate professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences in The Ohio State University College of Medicine, where I lead the Genomic & Artificial Intelligence Medicine Laboratory. My research is highly interdisciplinary, integrating human genetics, genetic epidemiology, bioinformatics, statistics, artificial intelligence (AI), electronic health records, imaging and other large-scale biomedical data to study complex human diseases and traits.
My work focuses on advancing the understanding of the genetic architecture of ocular and neurodegenerative diseases, with particular emphasis on glaucoma, intraocular pressure and Alzheimer’s disease. I serve as a principal investigator and research leader on multiple projects funded by the National Eye Institute and by the National Institute on Aging. Through my research, I aim to improve disease prediction, identify individuals at high risk, and enable more precise prevention and treatment strategies based on genomic and multimodal data.
I have published extensively on vision research, genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics and AI, and my work centers on applying and developing data-driven approaches to advance precision medicine
Credentials
Education
- PhD - Bioinformatics-Statistics
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Postdoctoral
- Center for Human Genetics - Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Postdoctoral
- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics - University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Research
Research interests
- Vision Disorders
- Human Genetics
- Statistical Genetics
- Artificial Intelligence
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, 2006, 2008, 2009