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Last published 2025
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Mary Qu Yang

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◆ ARA Academy High Impact

Professor - STEM

Also affiliated: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008); United States Department of Health and Human Services (2006–2009); National Institutes of Health (2006–2010); National Institute of Standards and Technology (2019); Harvard University (2007–2009); University of Toronto (2013); Cornell University (2021); Purdue University West Lafayette (2003–2010); University of Arkansas System (2017); Yale University (2017); Massachusetts General Hospital (2007); National Human Genome Research Institute (2006–2010); Weill Cornell Medicine (2021); Indiana University Indianapolis (2008–2010); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (2008); Indiana University School of Medicine (2008–2010); Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (2010)

Information Science

31 h-index 191 pubs 5,288 cited

  • Humans
  • Algorithms
  • Computational Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Neoplasms
  • Gene Regulatory Networks
  • Genomics
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Models, Statistical
  • Mutation
  • Genome, Human

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Mary Qu Yang's research focuses on the application of computational methods to biological and medical problems, with a particular emphasis on genomics, gene regulation, and machine learning. She has published extensively on topics including the analysis of gene expression data, prediction of DNA and RNA-binding residues in proteins, and the annotation of bidirectional promoters to understand gene co-regulation in cancers.

Her work has contributed to the understanding of gene regulation mediated by microRNAs in response to specific compounds in cancer models and has involved the evaluation of analytical methods for circulating tumor DNA sequencing in precision oncology. Yang leads a research group and is recognized as a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 30 and over 5,000 citations from nearly 200 publications. She has established collaborations with researchers at the National Center for Toxicological Research and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 31
  • Publications: 191
  • Citations: 5,288

Positions

  • Professor - STEM publications 2014–2025
    University of Arkansas at Little Rock Information Science Institutional directory

Selected Publications

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Unveils Key Regulators and Signaling Pathways in Lung Adenocarcinoma Progression (2025)
    Biomedicines DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterizing the Tumor Microenvironment and Its Prognostic Impact in Breast Cancer (2024)
    Cells 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Novel Thienopyrimidine-Hydrazinyl Compounds Induce DRP1-Mediated Non-Apoptotic Cell Death in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells (2024)
    Cancers 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • cnnImpute: missing value recovery for single cell RNA sequencing data (2024)
    Scientific Reports 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Deep Learning-Based Model for Gene Regulatory Network Inference (2023)
  • Analysis of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data Unveils Novel Immune Prognostic Biomarkers (2023)
  • Exploring Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Communication Sciences and Disorders Students (2023)
    Developmental Disabilities Network Journal 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Additional file 2 of Deep oncopanel sequencing reveals within block position-dependent quality degradation in FFPE processed samples (2022)
    Figshare DOI OpenAlex
  • Additional file 3 of Deep oncopanel sequencing reveals within block position-dependent quality degradation in FFPE processed samples (2022)
    Figshare DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating Single-Cell Transcriptome and Network Analysis to Characterize the Therapeutic Response of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (2022)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Deep oncopanel sequencing reveals within block position-dependent quality degradation in FFPE processed samples (2022)
    Genome biology 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Missing Value Recovery for Single Cell RNA Sequencing Data (2021)
    2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI) DOI OpenAlex
  • Gene Regulation Analysis Reveals Perturbations of Autism Spectrum Disorder during Neural System Development (2021)
    Genes 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Brain Tumor Segmentation Using Deep Neural Networks and Survival Prediction (2021)
    Transactions on computational science and computational intelligence DOI OpenAlex
  • Merging Deep Learning and Data Analytics for Inferring Coronavirus Human Adaptive Transmutability and Transmissibility (2021)
    Transactions on computational science and computational intelligence DOI OpenAlex

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ARA Academy 2023 ARA Fellow

Dr. Yang established the Systems Genomics Laboratory at UALR. She holds degrees in engineering, physics, electrical and computer engineering, and a PhD in Computational Science and Physics from Purdue University. She completed postdoctoral training in Human Genomics and Bioinformatics at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and worked as a Research Fellow there from 2008-2012.

Policy Impact

Established the MidSouth Bioinformatics Center at UALR, building computational genomics infrastructure that supports health research and precision medicine across the state.

Growth Areas

['Population Health Innovations & Clinical Research']

Collaboration Network

256 Collaborators 128 Institutions 8 Countries

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