Alan Aw | University of Pennsylvania

About Me

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher with Iain Mathieson at the Department of Genetics. I recently completed my PhD in Statistics at UC Berkeley, where I worked with Yun Song and Nilah Ioannidis. I obtained my undergraduate degree in Mathematical and Computational Science (with Honors in Mathematical Biology) at Stanford. I am a science communication advocate, and I enjoy baking and cooking whenever time permits.

Research Interests

Human Statistical Genomics: population stratification detection, polygenic score transferability, genetic fine-mapping, variant effect predictor operationalization
Computational Biology: differential expression analysis, models of evolution and demographic inference

List of Papers.

News

[Nov. 2024] Our work on causal effect heterogeneity between admixed individuals was selected as a Reviewer’s Choice Poster for ASHG 2024! While we are busy performing analyses on the All Of Us Biobank, feel free to check out the poster here.
[Aug. 2023] New website is up!

Selected Publications

Ann. Appl. Stat

A simple and flexible test of sample exchangeability with applications to statistical genomics

Alan J. Aw, Jeffrey P. Spence, Yun S. Song

The Annals of Applied Statistics

PDF Code Project Page Volume 18, pp. 858-881

eLife

The impact of stability considerations on genetic fine-mapping

Alan J. Aw, Lionel C. Jin, Nilah M. Ioannidis, Yun S. Song

eLife

PDF Code Project Page Reviewed Preprint (revisions forthcoming)