Our Faculty

Hae Kyung Im, PhD

We develop quantitative and computational methods and tools to sift through the vast amounts of genomic and other high dimensional data with the goal of making discoveries that can be translated to improve human health.

University of Chicago
Chicago
PhD - Statistics
2005

Pervasive polygenicity of complex traits inflates false positive rates in transcriptome-wide association studies.
Pervasive polygenicity of complex traits inflates false positive rates in transcriptome-wide association studies. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 15.
PMID: 37904952

scPrediXcan integrates advances in deep learning and single-cell data into a powerful cell-type-specific transcriptome-wide association study framework.
scPrediXcan integrates advances in deep learning and single-cell data into a powerful cell-type-specific transcriptome-wide association study framework. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 14.
PMID: 39605417

A multi-tissue, splicing-based joint transcriptome-wide association study identifies susceptibility genes for breast cancer.
A multi-tissue, splicing-based joint transcriptome-wide association study identifies susceptibility genes for breast cancer. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 06 06; 111(6):1100-1113.
PMID: 38733992

Transcriptome-wide association study of the plasma proteome reveals cis and trans regulatory mechanisms underlying complex traits.
Transcriptome-wide association study of the plasma proteome reveals cis and trans regulatory mechanisms underlying complex traits. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 03 07; 111(3):445-455.
PMID: 38320554

On the problem of inflation in transcriptome-wide association studies.
On the problem of inflation in transcriptome-wide association studies. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 20.
PMID: 37904952

Predicted Proteome Association Studies of Breast, Prostate, Ovarian, and Endometrial Cancers Implicate Plasma Protein Regulation in Cancer Susceptibility.
Predicted Proteome Association Studies of Breast, Prostate, Ovarian, and Endometrial Cancers Implicate Plasma Protein Regulation in Cancer Susceptibility. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 09 01; 32(9):1198-1207.
PMID: 37409955

Revealing polygenic pleiotropy using genetic risk scores for asthma.
Revealing polygenic pleiotropy using genetic risk scores for asthma. HGG Adv. 2023 10 12; 4(4):100233.
PMID: 37663543

Multivariate adaptive shrinkage improves cross-population transcriptome prediction and association studies in underrepresented populations.
Multivariate adaptive shrinkage improves cross-population transcriptome prediction and association studies in underrepresented populations. HGG Adv. 2023 Oct 12; 4(4):100216.
PMID: 37869564

Predicting molecular mechanisms of hereditary diseases by using their tissue-selective manifestation.
Predicting molecular mechanisms of hereditary diseases by using their tissue-selective manifestation. Mol Syst Biol. 2023 08 08; 19(8):e11407.
PMID: 37232043

Multivariate adaptive shrinkage improves cross-population transcriptome prediction for transcriptome-wide association studies in underrepresented populations.
Multivariate adaptive shrinkage improves cross-population transcriptome prediction for transcriptome-wide association studies in underrepresented populations. bioRxiv. 2023 May 20.
PMID: 36798214

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