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Jenna L. Ballard

Broad Institute

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:dimensionality reduction· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:multiome· 1

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Luke Jen O’ConnoriD· 2 shared Alex Bloemendal· 1 shared Anthony Wilder WohnsiD· 1 shared Benjamin M. NealeiD· 1 shared Eric S. LanderiD· 1 shared Li SheniD· 1 shared Pouria Salehi NowbandeganiiD· 1 shared Qi LongiD· 1 shared

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JASMINE: A powerful representation learning method for enhanced analysis of incomplete multi-omics data

Jenna L. Ballard, Zongyu Dai, Li Shen, Qi Long

JASMINE improves analysis of incomplete multi-omics data by learning representations that preserve modality-specific and shared information, achieving better performance across tasks.

npj Systems Biology and Applications · Jun 11, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Extremely sparse models of linkage disequilibrium in ancestrally diverse association studies

Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani, Anthony Wilder Wohns, Jenna L. Ballard, Eric S. Lander, Alex Bloemendal, Benjamin M. Neale, Luke Jen O’Connor

The paper introduces LD graphical models (LDGMs) for efficient linkage disequilibrium representation in diverse ancestry studies, showing significant runtime improvements and better polygenic prediction.

Nature Genetics · Aug 28, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics

Shared components of heritability across genetically correlated traits

Jenna L. Ballard, Luke Jen O’Connor

This paper introduces PDR to identify shared heritability components across genetically correlated traits and validates it on coronary disease, asthma, and type II diabetes traits.

The American Journal of Human Genetics · Apr 26, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics