Shi-Da Zhu’s Biography

Shi-Da Zhu, VP of Precision Medicine, BGI-Research

Shida Zhu is VP of Precision Medicine at BGI-Research, supervising clinical oriented R&D. Zhu’s team is focused on developing and applying bioinformatics using next generation sequencing data to study genetic diseases including birth defects, infections and cancer, aiming at identifying new biomarkers and methodologies for early screening and precise diagnosis.

He joined BGI in 2010 and participated in a series of significant studies that BGI leads or co-organizes, including China Cancer Genome Consortium, Sino-Danish Breast Cancer Study, and International Cancer Genome Consortium, playing a crucial role in study design and NGS data analysis.

Shida Zhu holds a bachelor’s degree of biology science from Peking University, and Master of Science in Genomics & Bioinformatics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.