Research

Preprints, publications, and thesis. The * indicates alphabetical authorship for equal contribution.

Preprints & Publications

2026
Zhang, Z., Carbonetto, P., Stephens M.
Empirical Bayes Shrinkage of Functional Effects, with Application to Analysis of Dynamic eQTLs.
Under revision at Journal of the American Statistical Association.
2026
Mehrotra, N., Bangs, D., Figueroa, A. L., Wei Bee, G. C., Lai, R., Shinkawa, T., Osum, K. C., Freuchet, A., Zhang, Z., et al.
immgenT CD4: a reference landscape of mouse CD4+ T cell.
Under revision at Nature Immunology.
2025
Zhang, Z., Lawless, J., Paterson, AD., Sun, L.
Detecting latent interaction effects when analyzing binary traits.
PLOS Genetics.
2025
Li, D*, Zhang, Z*.
Bayesian Optimization Sequential Surrogate (BOSS) Algorithm: Fast Bayesian Inference for a Broad Class of Bayesian Hierarchical Models.
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis.
2025
Zhang, Z., Perreault, S., Franklin, M., Brown, P.
Zhang, Perreault, Franklin and Brown's contribution to the Discussion of "Methods for Estimating the Exposure-Response Curve to Inform the New Safety Standards for Fine Particulate Matter" by Cork et al.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society.
2025
Zhang, Z., Brown, P., Stafford, J.
Efficient Modeling of Quasi Periodic Data with Seasonal Gaussian Process.
Statistics and Computing.
2024
Zhang, Z., Stringer, A., Brown, P., Stafford, J.
Model-based Smoothing with Integrated Wiener Processes and Overlapping Splines.
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.
2023
Zhang, Z., Sun, L.
The hidden factor: accounting for covariate effects in power and sample size computation for a binary trait.
Bioinformatics.
2022
Zhang, Z., Stringer, A., Brown, P., Stafford, J.
Bayesian inference for Cox proportional hazard models with partial likelihoods, nonlinear covariate effects and correlated observations.
Statistical Methods in Medical Research.

Thesis

2024
Zhang, Z.
Efficient Implementation of Gaussian Process priors within flexible Bayesian hierarchical models.
PhD Thesis - University of Toronto.