News

October, 2025

Welcome Antony to the group!

October, 2025

Welcome Cyril and Wenxin to the group!

September, 2025

Zhi got elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) by the Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine!

August, 2025

Xinyu’s ASHG abstract selected as Reviewers’ Choice Abstract!

July, 2025

Four abstracts led by Linke (CHIP transcriptomics), Xinyu (CHIP modifiers), Vanessa (PRS scoring in clinics), and Anthea (genetic basis of cardiac radiomic features) were accepted to the 2025 ASHG Annual Meeting; Linke’s was selected for an oral presentation and Xinyu’s for a lightning talk!

July, 2025

Zhi will serve on the ASHG Program Committee for three years starting January 1, 2026!

July, 2025

Three papers we (Kathy and Zhi) contributed to were published in Nature, Circulation, and JACC: Advances!

July, 2025

Welcome Alaina to the group!

May, 2025

Zhi got Early Career Achievement award from CHARGE!

April, 2025

Three papers on clonal hematopoiesis and kidney diseases published on the April issue of Journal of the American Society of Nephrology!

January, 2025

Welcome Vanessa and Yiru to the group!

December, 2024

Welcome Linke to the lab!

November 14, 2024

Welcome Xinyu, Kathy, and Anthea to the group!

August 30, 2024

Our paper is out in European Heart Journal! We used murine and human genetic studies to infer that individuals with TET2 clonal hematopoiesis may derive potent cardiovascular risk reduction with colchicine.

August 21, 2024

Our preprint led by super-talented Meghana is out! We combined deep learning, prediction modeling, and GWAS to uncover the shared genetic basis between spleen and coronary artery disease.