Professor Loïc Yengo
Professor Loïc Yengo
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Group lead, developing and applying novel statistical methods to study genetic variation and disease.
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Conducts large-scale genomic data analysis to understand disease susceptibility and resilience.
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Recognised for significant contributions to human genetics through award-winning research.
Professor Loïc Yengo
About Professor Loïc Yengo
Dr Loic Yengo is an Associate Professor at The University of Queensland (UQ) and Group Leader of the Statistical Genomics Lab within UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB). Loic was born in Brazzaville (Congo) and completed his primary education in Congo, Cote d’Ivoire and France. After completing a PhD in applied mathematics at the University of Lille (France) in 2015, he joined UQ in 2016 for postdoctoral training in Quantitative and Statistical Genetics. Loic started his own lab at IMB in 2020 to investigate the causes and consequences of genetic variation within and between human populations.
His group develops and applies novel statistical methods to analyse large volumes of genomic data and reveal how our genes contribute to disease susceptibility and resilience. Loic also studies human height as a model for other complex traits and diseases. His recent work has led to map the genetic determinants of height to an unprecedented genomic resolution (Yengo et al. 2022, Nature), thus paving the way for future disease-focused studies. In 2022, he was awarded the Australian Academy of Science Gani Medal recognising outstanding contributions to human genetics and was named in Nature Medicine’s Yearbook among 11 early-career researchers leading their fields of research.
Professor Loïc Yengo’s Key Publications
- Zhang Y. et al., Yengo L. (2025) The contribution of gametic phase disequilibrium to the heritability of complex traits. Genetics. In press
- Sidorenko J. et al., Yengo L. (2024) Genetic Architecture Reconciles Linkage and Association Studies of Complex Traits. Genetics. 56, pages 2352–2360 (2024)
- Campos A.I. et al., Yengo L. (2023) Boosting the power of genome-wide association studies within and across ancestries by using polygenic scores. Genetics. 55, pages 1769–1776 (2023)
- Qiao Z et al., Yengo L. (2023) Estimation and implications of the genetic architecture of fasting and non-fasting blood glucose. Comm. 14 (1), 451. (this study was published in January 2023 – no citation so far)
- Yengo L et al. (2022) A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated with human Height. Nature 610(7933), 704 – 712. (>525 citations).
