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Qihuang Zhang

ResearcherMcGill University

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Qihuang Zhang

Researcher

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Digital Health India Internet Of Things Menstrual Health Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections Young Adults

Latest papers

Multi-ancestry colocalization approaches.
PLoS genetics · 2026 · senior author
Generalized SIMEX Method: Polynomial Approximation for Extrapolation.
Statistics in medicine · 2026 · senior author
The association between statin use, genetic variation, and prostate cancer risk.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Development of models to predict hypertension after pregnancy using electronic and administrative health record data
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$524,024
Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,025,100
Single-cell multi-omic integration and gene regulatory network inference towards personalized psychiatry for major depressive disorder
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$933,300

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

Multi-ancestry colocalization approaches.

Shen C, Dupuis J, Zhang Q

PLoS genetics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012221 PMID: 42479736

Generalized SIMEX Method: Polynomial Approximation for Extrapolation.

Chen LP, Zhang Q

Statistics in medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/sim.70460 PMID: 41804018

The association between statin use, genetic variation, and prostate cancer risk.

Amiri A, Xu W, Zhang Q, Jeong JH, Freedland SJ, Fleshner NE, Finelli A, Hamilton RJ

Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41391-025-00964-x PMID: 40195554

SpaTM: topic models for inferring spatially informed transcriptional programs.

Osakwe A, Dong W, Zhang Q, Sladek R, Li Y

Briefings in bioinformatics2025

DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaf657 PMID: 41359801

Developing and validating a Bayesian clinical risk prediction model for three sexually transmitted infections in key populations from two Canadian provinces.

Vialard F, Zhang Q, Webster D, Materniak S, Dumont Blais A, Nair S, Bartlett S, Pant Pai N

Sexually transmitted infections2025

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2024-056286 PMID: 40274402

DiSTect: a Bayesian model for disease-associated gene discovery and prediction in spatial transcriptomics.

Zhao Q, Deng A, Zhang Q

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf530 PMID: 40981505

Molecular and developmental deficits in Smith-Magenis syndrome human stem cell-derived cortical neural models.

Lee YJ, Chang YT, Cho Y, Kowalczyk M, Dragoiescu A, Pacis A, Kailasam S, Lefebvre F, Zhang Q, Gao X, Huang WH

American journal of human genetics2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.07.020 PMID: 40882620

Winnow-KAN: single-cell RNA-seq location recovery with small-gene-set spatial transcriptomics.

Zhang Y, Zhang Q

BMC bioinformatics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12859-025-06243-9 PMID: 40797190

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy of an HIV self-test optimized by a digital app-based solution: Results from a secondary data analysis of a field trial in South Africa.

Beecroft A, Esmail A, Vaikla O, Duchaine T, Engel N, Liang C, Zhang Q, Dheda K, Pai NP

PLOS digital health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000791 PMID: 40198638

Chassis-based fiber-coupled optical probe design for reproducible quantitative diffuse optical spectroscopy measurements.

Matlis GC, Zhang Q, Benson EJ, Weeks MK, Andersen K, Jahnavi J, Lafontant A, Breimann J, Hallowell T, Lin Y, Licht DJ, Yodh AG, Kilbaugh TJ, Forti RM, White BR, Baker WB, Xiao R, Ko TS

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305254 PMID: 39052686

Development of models to predict hypertension after pregnancy using electronic and administrative health record data

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ukah, Ugochinyere Viv; Daskalopoulou, Stella S; Metcalfe, Amy L

Keywords: Cardiovascular; Hypertension; Prediction Model; Pregnancy

$524,024

Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Huang, Wei-Hsiang

Keywords: Autism; Cortical Organoid; Electrophysiology; Hipsc-Derived Neuron; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (Hipsc); Neural Progenitor Cells; Single Cell Rna-Sequencing

$1,025,100

Single-cell multi-omic integration and gene regulatory network inference towards personalized psychiatry for major depressive disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Yue

Keywords: Chromatin Accessibility; Epigenetics; Gene Regulatory Network; Genome Foundation Model; Machine Learning; Major Depressive Disorder; Single-Cell Genomics; Single-Cell Transcriptomics

$933,300

Phenotyping the behavioural impacts of Visual Snow Syndrome and their relation to everyday function

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Baldwin, Alexander S

Keywords: Migraine; Multi-Sensory Integration; Patient-Reported Measures; Phenotyping; Psychophysics; Visual Disorder; Visual Snow; Visual Snow Syndrome

$493,424

Investigating the anti-fibrotic effects of human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Colmegna, Ines; Langlais, David; Martin, James G

Keywords: Anti-Fibrosis; Cellular Therapy; Fibrosis; Fibrosis Resolution; Lung Fibrosis; Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; Scleroderma; Skin Fibrosis; Systemic Bleomycin Minipump Model

$1,040,400

Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant - PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding: Research Priorities)

Principal investigators: Huang, Wei-Hsiang

Keywords: Autism; Cortical Organoid; Electrophysiology; Hipsc-Derived Neuron; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (Hipsc); Neurodevelopment

$100,000

Statistical Modeling and Computational Methods for Spatial Genomic Data

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Zhang, Qihuang

$12,500

Feasibility of AnkaSmart!: a wearable-based innovation to improve sexual and reproductive health of young adult populations in India

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: Pai, Nitika; Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi, Samira; Bartlett, Susan J; Engel, Nora; Nair, Suma; Zhang, Qihuang

Keywords: Digital Health; India; Internet Of Things; Menstrual Health; Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights; Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections; Young Adults

$100,000

Statistical Modeling and Computational Methods for Spatial Genomic Data

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zhang, Qihuang

Keywords: association estimation; correlated data; image data; measurement error; misclassification; point process; spatial data; statistical genomics

$54,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Qihuang Zhang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Multi-ancestry colocalization approaches.

Generalized SIMEX Method: Polynomial Approximation for Extrapolation.

The association between statin use, genetic variation, and prostate cancer risk.

SpaTM: topic models for inferring spatially informed transcriptional programs.

Developing and validating a Bayesian clinical risk prediction model for three sexually transmitted infections in key populations from two Canadian provinces.

DiSTect: a Bayesian model for disease-associated gene discovery and prediction in spatial transcriptomics.

Molecular and developmental deficits in Smith-Magenis syndrome human stem cell-derived cortical neural models.

Winnow-KAN: single-cell RNA-seq location recovery with small-gene-set spatial transcriptomics.

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy of an HIV self-test optimized by a digital app-based solution: Results from a secondary data analysis of a field trial in South Africa.

Chassis-based fiber-coupled optical probe design for reproducible quantitative diffuse optical spectroscopy measurements.

Development of models to predict hypertension after pregnancy using electronic and administrative health record data

Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models

Single-cell multi-omic integration and gene regulatory network inference towards personalized psychiatry for major depressive disorder

Phenotyping the behavioural impacts of Visual Snow Syndrome and their relation to everyday function

Investigating the anti-fibrotic effects of human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells.

Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models

Statistical Modeling and Computational Methods for Spatial Genomic Data

Feasibility of AnkaSmart!: a wearable-based innovation to improve sexual and reproductive health of young adult populations in India

Statistical Modeling and Computational Methods for Spatial Genomic Data

Frequent collaborators

Robert Sladek

Thomas Duchaine

Susan Bartlett

Chen Liang

Wei Xu

Antonio Finelli

Alexandre Dumont Blais

Yue Li

Wei-Hsiang Huang

Alexandre Dumont Blais

Alexandre Dumont Blais

Qihuang Zhang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Multi-ancestry colocalization approaches.

Generalized SIMEX Method: Polynomial Approximation for Extrapolation.

The association between statin use, genetic variation, and prostate cancer risk.

SpaTM: topic models for inferring spatially informed transcriptional programs.

Developing and validating a Bayesian clinical risk prediction model for three sexually transmitted infections in key populations from two Canadian provinces.

DiSTect: a Bayesian model for disease-associated gene discovery and prediction in spatial transcriptomics.

Molecular and developmental deficits in Smith-Magenis syndrome human stem cell-derived cortical neural models.

Winnow-KAN: single-cell RNA-seq location recovery with small-gene-set spatial transcriptomics.

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy of an HIV self-test optimized by a digital app-based solution: Results from a secondary data analysis of a field trial in South Africa.

Chassis-based fiber-coupled optical&#xa0;probe design for reproducible quantitative diffuse optical spectroscopy measurements.

Development of models to predict hypertension after pregnancy using electronic and administrative health record data

Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models

Single-cell multi-omic integration and gene regulatory network inference towards personalized psychiatry for major depressive disorder

Phenotyping the behavioural impacts of Visual Snow Syndrome and their relation to everyday function

Investigating the anti-fibrotic effects of human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells.

Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models

Statistical Modeling and Computational Methods for Spatial Genomic Data

Feasibility of AnkaSmart!: a wearable-based innovation to improve sexual and reproductive health of young adult populations in India

Statistical Modeling and Computational Methods for Spatial Genomic Data

Frequent collaborators

Robert Sladek

Thomas Duchaine

Susan Bartlett

Chen Liang

Wei Xu

Antonio Finelli

Alexandre Dumont Blais

Yue Li

Wei-Hsiang Huang

Alexandre Dumont Blais

Alexandre Dumont Blais

Chassis-based fiber-coupled optical probe design for reproducible quantitative diffuse optical spectroscopy measurements.