Qiong Yang
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Qiong Yang, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

qyang@bu.edu

Biography

Qiong Yang has a PhD in statistics and is Associate Professor of Biostatistics. Her main research interest is statistical methodology development and application for genetic studies. Her methodological interests include modeling multivariate phenotypes, rare variants analysis, family-based association tests, and multiple testing problems. She is the architect of GWAF, a R package for genome-wide association analyses in families. In past ten years, she has collaborated with many clinicians on various projects in the Framingham Heart Study, including renal diseases, hematological traits, lipids, hemostatic factors, stroke and cardiovascular disease.

Other Positions

  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study

Education

  • Columbia University, PhD Field of Study: Statistics
  • Columbia University, MA Field of Study: Statistics
  • Beijing Normal University, BS Field of Study: Mathematics

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHBS723
  • SPHBS845

Publications

  • Published on 11/5/2024

    Yiallourou S, Baril AA, Wiedner C, Misialek JR, Kline CE, Harrison S, Cannon E, Yang Q, Bernal R, Bisson A, Himali D, Cavuoto M, Weihs A, Beiser A, Gottesman RF, Leng Y, Lopez O, Lutsey PL, Purcell SM, Redline S, Seshadri S, Stone KL, Yaffe K, Ancoli-Israel S, Xiao Q, Vaou EO, Himali JJ, Pase MP. Sleep macro-architecture and dementia risk in adults: Meta-analysis of 5 cohorts from the Sleep and Dementia Consortium. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 05. PMID: 39802761.

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  • Published on 11/4/2024

    Patel Y, Shin J, Sliz E, Tang A, Mishra A, Xia R, Hofer E, Rajula HSR, Wang R, Beyer F, Horn K, Riedl M, Yu J, Völzke H, Bülow R, Völker U, Frenzel S, Wittfeld K, Van der Auwera S, Mosley TH, Bouteloup V, Lambert JC, Chêne G, Dufouil C, Tzourio C, Mangin JF, Gottesman RF, Fornage M, Schmidt R, Yang Q, Witte V, Scholz M, Loeffler M, Roshchupkin GV, Ikram MA, Grabe HJ, Seshadri S, Debette S, Paus T, Pausova Z. Genetic risk factors underlying white matter hyperintensities and cortical atrophy. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 04; 15(1):9517. PMID: 39496600.

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  • Published on 9/9/2024

    Ahmad S, Imtiaz MA, Mishra A, Wang R, Herrera-Rivero M, Bis JC, Fornage M, Roshchupkin G, Hofer E, Logue M, Longstreth WT, Xia R, Bouteloup V, Mosley T, Launer LJ, Khalil M, Kuhle J, Rissman RA, Chene G, Dufouil C, Djoussé L, Lyons MJ, Mukamal KJ, Kremen WS, Franz CE, Schmidt R, Debette S, Breteler MMB, Berger K, Yang Q, Seshadri S, Aziz NA, Ghanbari M, Ikram MA. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of neurofilament light (NfL) levels in blood reveals novel loci related to neurodegeneration. Commun Biol. 2024 Sep 09; 7(1):1103. PMID: 39251807.

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  • Published on 5/3/2024

    Knol MJ, Poot RA, Evans TE, Satizabal CL, Mishra A, Sargurupremraj M, van der Auwera S, Duperron MG, Jian X, Hostettler IC, van Dam-Nolen DHK, Lamballais S, Pawlak MA, Lewis CE, Carrion-Castillo A, van Erp TGM, Reinbold CS, Shin J, Scholz M, Håberg AK, Kämpe A, Li GHY, Avinun R, Atkins JR, Hsu FC, Amod AR, Lam M, Tsuchida A, Teunissen MWA, Aygün N, Patel Y, Liang D, Beiser AS, Beyer F, Bis JC, Bos D, Bryan RN, Bülow R, Caspers S, Catheline G, Cecil CAM, Dalvie S, Dartigues JF, DeCarli C, Enlund-Cerullo M, Ford JM, Franke B, Freedman BI, Friedrich N, Green MJ, Haworth S, Helmer C, Hoffmann P, Homuth G, Ikram MK, Jack CR, Jahanshad N, Jockwitz C, Kamatani Y, Knodt AR, Li S, Lim K, Longstreth WT, Macciardi F, Mäkitie O, Mazoyer B, Medland SE, Miyamoto S, Moebus S, Mosley TH, Muetzel R, Mühleisen TW, Nagata M, Nakahara S, Palmer ND, Pausova Z, Preda A, Quidé Y, Reay WR, Roshchupkin GV, Schmidt R, Schreiner PJ, Setoh K, Shapland CY, Sidney S, St Pourcain B, Stein JL, Tabara Y, Teumer A, Uhlmann A, van der Lugt A, Vernooij MW, Werring DJ, Windham BG, Witte AV, Wittfeld K, Yang Q, Yoshida K, Brunner HG, Le Grand Q, Sim K, Stein DJ, Bowden DW, Cairns MJ, Hariri AR, Cheung CL, Andersson S, Villringer A, Paus T, Cichon S, Calhoun VD, Crivello F, Launer LJ, White T, Koudstaal PJ, Houlden H, Fornage M, Matsuda F, Grabe HJ, Ikram MA, Debette S, Thompson PM, Seshadri S, Adams HHH. Genetic variants for head size share genes and pathways with cancer. Cell Rep Med. 2024 May 21; 5(5):101529. PMID: 38703765.

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  • Published on 5/1/2024

    Sargurupremraj M, Soumaré A, Bis JC, Surakka I, Jürgenson T, Joly P, Knol MJ, Wang R, Yang Q, Satizabal CL, Gudjonsson A, Mishra A, Bouteloup V, Phuah CL, van Duijn CM, Cruchaga C, Dufouil C, Chêne G, Lopez OL, Psaty BM, Tzourio C, Amouyel P, Adams HH, Jacqmin-Gadda H, Ikram MA, Gudnason V, Milani L, Winsvold BS, Hveem K, Matthews PM, Longstreth WT, Seshadri S, Launer LJ, Debette S. Genetic Complexities of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Blood Pressure, and Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2412824. PMID: 38776079.

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  • Published on 1/30/2024

    Pase MP, Himali JJ, Puerta R, Beiser AS, Gonzales MM, Satizabal CL, Yang Q, Aparicio HJ, Kojis DJ, Decarli CS, Lopez OL, Longstreth W, Gudnason V, Mosley TH, Bis JC, Fohner A, Psaty BM, Boada M, García-González P, Valero S, Marquié M, Tracy R, Launer LJ, Ruiz A, Fornage M, Seshadri S. Association of Plasma YKL-40 With MRI, CSF, and Cognitive Markers of Brain Health and Dementia. Neurology. 2024 Feb 27; 102(4):e208075. PMID: 38290090.

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  • Published on 1/20/2024

    Mei H, Simino J, Li L, Jiang F, Bis JC, Davies G, Hill WD, Xia C, Gudnason V, Yang Q, Lahti J, Smith JA, Kirin M, De Jager P, Armstrong NJ, Ghanbari M, Kolcic I, Moran C, Teumer A, Sargurupremraj M, Mahmud S, Fornage M, Zhao W, Satizabal CL, Polasek O, Räikkönen K, Liewald DC, Homuth G, Callisaya M, Mather KA, Windham BG, Zemunik T, Palotie A, Pattie A, van der Auwera S, Thalamuthu A, Knopman DS, Rudan I, Starr JM, Wittfeld K, Kochan NA, Griswold ME, Vitart V, Brodaty H, Gottesman R, Cox SR, Psaty BM, Boerwinkle E, Chasman DI, Grodstein F, Sachdev PS, Srikanth V, Hayward C, Wilson JF, Eriksson JG, Kardia SLR, Grabe HJ, Bennett DA, Ikram MA, Deary IJ, van Duijn CM, Launer L, Fitzpatrick AL, Seshadri S, Bressler J, Debette S, Mosley TH. Multi-omics and pathway analyses of genome-wide associations implicate regulation and immunity in verbal declarative memory performance. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Jan 20; 16(1):14. PMID: 38245754.

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  • Published on 12/1/2023

    Liu M, Khasiyev F, Sariya S, Spagnolo-Allende A, Sanchez DL, Andrews H, Yang Q, Beiser A, Qiao Y, Thomas EA, Romero JR, Rundek T, Brickman AM, Manly JJ, Elkind MS, Seshadri S, Chen C, Hilal S, Wasserman BA, Tosto G, Fornage M, Gutierrez J. Chromosome 10q24.32 Variants Associate With Brain Arterial Diameters in Diverse Populations: A Genome-Wide Association Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Dec 05; 12(23):e030935. PMID: 38038215.

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  • Published on 11/3/2023

    Tin A, Fohner AE, Yang Q, Brody JA, Davies G, Yao J, Liu D, Caro I, Lindbohm JV, Duggan MR, Meirelles O, Harris SE, Gudmundsdottir V, Taylor AM, Henry A, Beiser AS, Shojaie A, Coors A, Fitzpatrick AL, Langenberg C, Satizabal CL, Sitlani CM, Wheeler E, Tucker-Drob EM, Bressler J, Coresh J, Bis JC, Candia J, Jennings LL, Pietzner M, Lathrop M, Lopez OL, Redmond P, Gerszten RE, Rich SS, Heckbert SR, Austin TR, Hughes TM, Tanaka T, Emilsson V, Vasan RS, Guo X, Zhu Y, Tzourio C, Rotter JI, Walker KA, Ferrucci L, Kivimäki M, Breteler MMB, Cox SR, Debette S, Mosley TH, Gudnason VG, Launer LJ, Psaty BM, Seshadri S, Fornage M. Identification of circulating proteins associated with general cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults. Commun Biol. 2023 Nov 03; 6(1):1117. PMID: 37923804.

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  • Published on 8/14/2023

    Benson MD, Eisman AS, Tahir UA, Katz DH, Deng S, Ngo D, Robbins JM, Hofmann A, Shi X, Zheng S, Keyes M, Yu Z, Gao Y, Farrell L, Shen D, Chen ZZ, Cruz DE, Sims M, Correa A, Tracy RP, Durda P, Taylor KD, Liu Y, Johnson WC, Guo X, Yao J, Chen YI, Manichaikul AW, Jain D, Yang Q, Bouchard C, Sarzynski MA, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Wang TJ, Wilson JG, Clish CB, Sarkar IN, Natarajan P, Gerszten RE. Protein-metabolite association studies identify novel proteomic determinants of metabolite levels in human plasma. Cell Metab. 2023 Sep 05; 35(9):1646-1660.e3. PMID: 37582364.

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