Jing Hua Zhao

Jing Hua Zhao is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit and Cambridge Cardiovascular. With academic appointments at institutions including Harvard University and King's College London, he specializes ingenetic epidemiology and proteogenomics.

• Education: PhD in Genetics (King's College London), MMed (Fudan University), BMed (Shandong University)
• Research: Focus on pQTL mapping, GWAS meta-analysis, and inflammatory protein networks using INTERVAL cohort data.
• Software: Maintains open-source tools on CRAN and GitHub including gap, pQTLtools, and SCALLOP-INF packages.

His work has produced 15+ major publications since 2018, with a focus on inflammatory disease mechanisms and therapeutic target identification. Notable collaborations include the Host Genetics Initiative and SCALLOP consortium.