Dr. Shi-tao RAO is a ‘Min-jiang’ distinguished professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Department of Precision Medicine at the Fujian Medical University. He received his Ph.D. degree in the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); then, he continued his post-doctoral research training in the Department of Psychiatry and the SBS at the CUHK. After that, he was promoted to a senior research associate in the SBS. Now, he leads a number of research projects on deciphering the complex genetic structure of psychiatric disorders and allergic diseases with whole-genome genotyping data from clinical patients, investigating bi-directional correlations between COVID-19/allergic diseases and human common diseases using numerous bioinformatics programs, constructing early risk evaluation system for psychiatric disorders and allergic diseases by combining clinical information and genetic factors of clinical patients. Additionally, he also actively teaches several specialized courses in bioinformatics, genomics, and frontiers in research for M.Phil./undergraduate students and aims to cultivate them with a good scientific research foundation and a broad vision of science.
Research Keywords & Expertise
psychiatric disorders
genetics and genomics
bioinformatics in func...
Allergic diseases
causal inference
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Short Biography
Dr. Shi-tao RAO is a ‘Min-jiang’ distinguished professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Department of Precision Medicine at the Fujian Medical University. He received his Ph.D. degree in the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); then, he continued his post-doctoral research training in the Department of Psychiatry and the SBS at the CUHK. After that, he was promoted to a senior research associate in the SBS. Now, he leads a number of research projects on deciphering the complex genetic structure of psychiatric disorders and allergic diseases with whole-genome genotyping data from clinical patients, investigating bi-directional correlations between COVID-19/allergic diseases and human common diseases using numerous bioinformatics programs, constructing early risk evaluation system for psychiatric disorders and allergic diseases by combining clinical information and genetic factors of clinical patients. Additionally, he also actively teaches several specialized courses in bioinformatics, genomics, and frontiers in research for M.Phil./undergraduate students and aims to cultivate them with a good scientific research foundation and a broad vision of science.
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