School of Data Science, University of Virginia

NeuroBioInformatics Lab


Feb 27, 2026

Ellery will be presenting at the VALIANT Deeper Dive Seminar Series on March 17th.

Feb 25, 2026

Three abstracts from our lab have been accepted at OHBM 2026. Congratulations to Xin, Ruoyun, and Eileen!

  • Eileen: "Multimodal Brain Connectivity Integration for Cognitive Performance Prediction in Youth"
  • Ruoyun: "High-Dimensional Mediation of SDoH and Youth Psychiatric Symptoms via Functional Connectivity"
  • Xin: "Test-retest Reliability on Persistent-Homology Based Metrics"

Feb 22, 2026

Our manuscript entitled "Joint Estimation of Multiple Graphical Models for an fMRI Study of Brain Connectivity Networks" has been accepted for publication in Statistical Methods in Medical Research.

Feb 16, 2026

Our paper "BrainTAP: Brain Disorder Prediction with Adaptive Distill and Selective Prior Integration" has been accepted by ISBI26, congratulations to Zhenyu!

Nov 12, 2025

Sequeira, S.L., Yu, E., Mutu, D., & Zhang, A. (April 2026). Subtype-Specific Alterations in Structure-Function Coupling in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. Talk accepted for presentation at the Society for Biological Psychiatry 2026 Annual Meeting.

Nov 06, 2025

Aiying and Chang presented their work, “ConnectMVR: A Supervised Brain Connectivity Analysis Framework for Predicting Behavioral Outcomes”, at the Design and Data Analysis hosted by UVA Quantitative Psychology.

Aug 18, 2025

Ziqian Zhang joined the NBIL Lab as my first PhD student. She began her PhD in the UVA School of Data Science in Fall 2025. Welcome aboard, Ziqian!

May 12, 2025

Zhenyu Lei has been selected for the 2025 Presidential Fellowship in Collaborative Neuroscience program, and will be co-advised by Drs. Zhang and Li. Congratulations to Zhenyu!


Apr 28, 2025

Xin He has been selected as a UVA TYDE (Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment) Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow. Congratulations to Xin!

Mar 27, 2025

Our paper was accepted by Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL) for poster presentation. Congratulations to Ellery!

Mar 27, 2025

Aiying gave a talk at MSU STT Colloquium.

Mar 25, 2025

Our paper "Integrated Brain Connectivity Analysis with fMRI, DTI, and sMRI Powered by Interpretable Graph Neural Networks" has been accepted by Medical Image Analysis. Preprint

Jan 22, 2025

Our abstract was accepted by SDSS 2025 and selected for oral presentation. Congratulations to Jiajia!

November 21, 2024

Aiying gave a talk at UVA Statistics Department Colloquium.

November 14, 2024

Aiying gave a talk at UVA Psychology Department Design and Data Analysis (DADA) meetings.

Oct 29, 2024

Two of our papers were accepted by SPIE Medical Imaging and selected for oral presentation. Congratulations to Kurt, Aroosha and Ellery!