Yuhua Zhang

Yuhua Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher in Biostatistics

Publications

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Theory and Statistical Methodology

  1. Yuhua Zhang, JP Onnela, Shuo Sun, Ruoyu Wang. “Identification and estimation of heterogeneous interference effects under unknown network.” ArXiv preprint, (2025).

  2. Yuhua Zhang, Kori S. Zachrison, Renee Y. Hsia, JP Onnela. “Community detection through recursive partitioning in Bayesian framework.” ArXiv preprint, (2025) (Under revision at Biometrics).

  3. Emma Crenshaw, Yuhua Zhang, and JP Onnela. “Covariate selection for joint latent space modeling of sparse network data.” ArXiv preprint, (2026) (Under review at JRSSB).

  4. Yuhua Zhang, and Walter Dempsey. “Node-level community detection within edge exchangeable models for interaction processes.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 120.550 (2025): 764-778.

  5. Yuhua Zhang, and Walter Dempsey. “CataBEEM: integrating latent interaction categories in node-wise community detection models for network data.” Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), PMLR 202: 40946-40975, 2023.

  6. Yuhua Zhang, Corbin Quick, Ketian Yu, Alvaro Barbeira, GTEx Consortium, Francesca Luca, Roger Pique-Regi, Hae Kyung Im, and Xiaoquan Wen. “PTWAS: investigating tissue-relevant causal molecular mechanisms of complex traits using probabilistic TWAS analysis.” Genome biology 21, no. 1 (2020): 232.

Interdisciplinary Application

  1. Kori Zachrison, Yuhua Zhang, Mathew Reeves, Renee Hsia, Yizhou Cui, Lee Schwamm, Vicki Fung, Margaret Samuels-Kalow, Carlos Camargo, Jr., and JP Onnela. “Changes in stroke care regionalization in California associated with evolving evidence of benefit for endovascular thrombectomy: a network analysis.” (Under revision at Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes)

  2. Karadakic, Rene, David C. Chan, Bruce E. Landon, Nancy L. Keating, Christopher Manz, JP Onnela, Thomas C. Tsai, Yuhua Zhang, and Michael L. Barnett. “Subspecialization of surgical specialties in the US.” JAMA Health Forum. Vol. 6. No. 9. American Medical Association, (2025).

  3. Ryan, Kelly A., Anastasia K. Yocum, Yuhua Zhang, Peisong Han, David F. Marshall, Paul T. Costa, Sarah H. Sperry, Takakuni Suzuki, Melvin G. McInnis, and Sebastian Zollner. “Predictive evidence for the impact of personality styles on depression and functioning in two bipolar disorder cohorts.” Journal of Affective Disorders 380 (2025): 746-755.

  4. Ryan, Kelly A., Peisong Han, Yuhua Zhang, David F. Marshall, Anastasia K. Yocum, Melvin G. McInnis, and Sebastian Zollner. ”Stability of personality traits in bipolar disorder: findings from a longitudinal cohort.” Journal of Affective Disorders 283 (2021): 1-10.

  5. Hu, Yiming, Qiongshi Lu, Wei Liu, Yuhua Zhang, Mo Li, and Hongyu Zhao. “Joint modeling of genetically correlated diseases and functional annotations increases accuracy of polygenic risk prediction.” PLoS genetics 13, no. 6 (2017): e1006836.

Selected Manuscripts in Preparation

  1. Yuhua Zhang, and Walter Dempsey. “Conformal link prediction in edge exchangeable model.” Manuscript Available Upon Request, (2026+).

  2. Yuhua Zhang, Michael L. Barnett, JP Onnela. “Bayesian hierarchical community detection method of network data.” Manuscript Available Upon Request (2026+).