Iman Jaljuli

Research Fellow | Statistics, Statistical Genomics

About Me

Iman Jaljuli

Iman Jaljuli

I'm a statistical genomics post-doc at Stanford University, passionate about exploring genomic data and developing rigorous, efficient methods for molecular QTL analysis with a particular passion for replicability investigation.

My research spans statistical methodology for both large-scale and low-dimensional data, emphasizing real-world impact, computational efficiency, and the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Outside of research, I enjoy baking, exploring nature trails, and spending time with family. This site highlights my work, collaborations, and the occasional baked treat.

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Research

Current Projects

  • Using knockoffs for the analysis of molecular QTL data

    Developing a statistical framework to improve the identifiability of causal SNPs within gene cis-windows. This approach leverages knockoff-based inference and demonstrates high power in detecting true associations while maintaining the nominal type I error rate.

  • Exploring multi-population gene–variant associations with adapted ANOVA

    Extending the ANOVA framework to handle unbalanced molecular QTL data across diverse populations, offering unbiased estimation and type I error rate control in both low and high dimensions. The model incorporates a random covariance structure that accounts for both sample kinship and estimated (unmeasured) batch effects.

Research Interests

  • Replicability & Reproducibility
  • Statistical Genomics
  • Linear Mixed Models
  • Generalized Linear Models
  • Meta-analysis

Publications

  1. Revisiting Tumor Mutational Burden Cutoff: Multi-Study Replicability in Immunotherapy

    Iman Jaljuli and Karissa Whiting and Evan Rosenbaum and Li-Xuan Qin

    bioRxiv, 2025.01. 02.631104, 2025

  2. Quantifying replicability and consistency in systematic reviews

    Iman Jaljuli and Yoav Benjamini and Liat Shenhav and Orestis A Panagiotou and Ruth Heller

    Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research 15 (2), 372-385, 2023

  3. A multi-lab experimental assessment reveals that replicability can be improved by using empirical estimates of genotype-by-lab interaction

    Iman Jaljuli and Neri Kafkafi and Eliezer Giladi and Ilan Golani and Illana Gozes and Elissa J Chesler and Molly A Bogue and Yoav Benjamini

    PLoS biology 21 (5), e3002082, 2023

  4. Amygdala electrical-finger-print (AmygEFP) NeuroFeedback guided by individually-tailored Trauma script for post-traumatic stress disorder: Proof-of-concept

    Tom Fruchtman-Steinbok and Jackob N Keynan and Avihay Cohen and Iman Jaljuli and Shiri Mermelstein and Gadi Drori and Efrat Routledge and Michael Krasnoshtein and Rebecca Playle and David EJ Linden and Talma Hendler

    NeuroImage: Clinical 32, 102859, 2021

  5. The epidemiology of substance use disorders among the adult Jewish population in Israel

    Ruth Lev Bar-Or and Ariel Kor and Iman Jaljuli and Shaul Lev-Ran

    European addiction research 27 (5), 362-370, 2021

  6. Improving replicability using interaction with laboratories: a multi-lab experimental assessment

    Iman Jaljuli and Neri Kafkafi and Eliezer Giladi and Ilan Golani and Illana Gozes and Elissa Chesler and Molly A Bogue and Yoav Benjamini

    bioRxiv, 2021.12. 05.471264, 2021

  7. Age and sex-dependent ADNP regulation of muscle gene expression is correlated with motor behavior: possible feedback mechanism with PACAP

    Oxana Kapitansky and Shlomo Sragovich and Iman Jaljuli and Adva Hadar and Eliezer Giladi and Illana Gozes

    International journal of molecular sciences 21 (18), 6715, 2020

  8. Single cell ADNP predictive of human muscle disorders: mouse knockdown results in muscle wasting

    Oxana Kapitansky and Gidon Karmon and Shlomo Sragovich and Adva Hadar and Meishar Shahoha and Iman Jaljuli and Lior Bikovski and Eliezer Giladi and Robert Palovics and Tal Iram and Illana Gozes

    Cells 9 (10), 2320, 2020

  9. Microbiota changes associated with ADNP deficiencies: rapid indicators for NAP (CP201) treatment of the ADNP syndrome and beyond

    Oxana Kapitansky and Eliezer Giladi and Iman Jaljuli and Stefan Bereswill and Markus M Heimesaat and Illana Gozes

    Journal of Neural Transmission 127, 251-263, 2020

  10. Replicability of treatment effect in study of blood pressure lowering with dementia

    Orestis A Panagiotou and Iman Jaljuli and Ruth Heller

    Jama 324 (14), 1465-1466, 2020

  11. Feasibility and effectiveness of personalized amygdala-related neurofeedback for post-traumatic stress disorder

    Tom Fruchtman and Avihay Cohen and Iman Jaljuli and Jackob Nimrod Keynan and Gadi Drori and Efrat Routledge and Michael Krasnoshtein and Talma Hendler

  12. Feasibility and Effectiveness of Personalized Amygdala-related Neurofeedback for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Tom Fruchtman-Steinbok and Avihay Cohen and Iman Jaljuli and JN Keynan and Gadi Drori and Efrat Routledge and Michael Krasnoshtein and Talma Hendler

  13. Reproducibility and replicability of rodent phenotyping in preclinical studies

    Neri Kafkafi and Joseph Agassi and Elissa J Chesler and John C Crabbe and Wim E Crusio and David Eilam and Robert Gerlai and Ilan Golani and Alex Gomez-Marin and Ruth Heller and Fuad Iraqi and Iman Jaljuli and Natasha A Karp and Hugh Morgan and George Nicholson and Donald W Pfaff and S Helene Richter and Philip B Stark and Oliver Stiedl and Victoria Stodden and Lisa M Tarantino and Valter Tucci and William Valdar and Robert W Williams and Hanno Würbel and Yoav Benjamini

    Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 87, 218-232, 2018

  14. Addressing reproducibility in single-laboratory phenotyping experiments

    Neri Kafkafi and Ilan Golani and Iman Jaljuli and Hugh Morgan and Tal Sarig and Hanno Würbel and Shay Yaacoby and Yoav Benjamini

    Nature methods 14 (5), 462-464, 2017

  15. Stress responsiveness and anxiety-like behavior: the early social environment differentially shapes stability over time in a small rodent

    Susanne Sangenstedt and Iman Jaljuli and Norbert Sachser and Sylvia Kaiser

    Hormones and Behavior 90, 90-97, 2017

Teaching

2014-2022 Tel-Aviv University, Teaching Assistant

  • Linear Models (for M.s.c students x2 semesters).
  • Statistical Theory (x4 semesters).
  • Introduction to Statistics for Computer Science (x2 semesters).
  • Introduction to Statistics for Statisticians (x1 semesters).
  • Introduction to Probability & Statistics for Electrical Engineers (x1 semesters).
  • Statistics for Biologists (x5 semesters).
  • Statistics 1 for Economy Major (x2 semesters).
  • Probability and Statistics for Computer Science - Double Major (x2 semesters).

Contact

jaljuli [at] stanford.edu
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
USA