I use human genetics as nature's randomized trial. My research combines Mendelian randomization (MR), systematic review and meta-analysis, and machine learning to identify the risk factors that truly cause disease. I also build software that makes these methods rigorous, tested and reproducible.
- 🧬 Now: first-author MR studies on preeclampsia and on omega-3 and triglycerides, and building MR Studio
- 🎓 M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence, YunTech (Taiwan): GPA 4.00/4.00, ranked 1st; Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society
- 📄 4 peer-reviewed MR papers in NMCD, BMC Nutrition, Medicine and Iran J Med Sci
- 📍 Taipei, Taiwan · working towards causal-inference methods for East Asian biobank data
| Project | Role | What it shows | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🖥️ | MR Studio | Lead developer | Desktop platform for two-sample MR; benchmark-validated; ~390 tests; CI builds for macOS and Windows |
| 🤰 | Preeclampsia MR meta-analysis | First author | 143-study synthesis plus de novo FinnGen / UK Biobank MR, drug-target MR and MVMR |
| 🐟 | Omega-3 → triglycerides | First author | Discovery and replication arms, MR-Clust pathways, two-step mediation MR |
| 🫀 | Remnant cholesterol → NAFLD | Co-author · analyst | Three outcome GWAS, positive control, LDSC |
| 👶 | Maternal iron → birth weight | Co-author | Maternal-effect MR triangulated with CAUSE, MRlap and colocalisation |
| 🚗 | Enhanced DenseTNT | M.Sc. thesis | Graph attention + MDN + RL; Waymo minADE reduced by 23% |
| 📱 | BioCalX | Main developer | Android app with 20 clinical sample-size formulas |
Repositories for studies that are still under review show the design and methods only. Results and code are released on publication.
Causal inference: IVW · MR-Egger · weighted median/mode · MR-PRESSO · radial MR · MVMR · drug-target MR · CAUSE · MRlap · MR-Clust · LDSC · colocalisation · double ML
Data: UK Biobank · FinnGen · GWAS Catalog · IEU OpenGWAS · GLGC · 1000 Genomes · PLINK
- Habibi D, …, Soleymani Taloubaghi A, …, Akbarzadeh M. Monounsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: an MR study. Iran J Med Sci 2026. doi
- Akbarzadeh M, …, Soleymani Taloubaghi A, …, Habibi D. Vitamin D and celiac disease: meta-analysis and MR. Medicine 2026. doi
- Habibi D, …, Soleymani Taloubaghi A, …, Mansourian M. Saturated fatty acids and heart stroke: two-sample MR. BMC Nutrition 2025. doi
- Habibi D, …, Soleymani Taloubaghi A, …, Mansourian M. Vitamin D and cardioembolic stroke: two-sample MR. NMCD 2024. doi