Annual Retreat 2008

Scientific Session I

1. Guimin Gao PhD
   Application of multiple testing methods to genome-wide association studies
2. Douglas Childers PhD
   A comparison for Imputation Methods for GWA Studies
3. Nianjun Liu PhD
   Modeling SNP genotype data with informatively missingness
4. Nick Pajewski PhD
   Bayesian Multiple Shrinkage Approaches to Association Studies
5. Kui Zhang PhD
   Pathway-based Analysis of Genome Wide Association Studies
6. Rui Feng PhD
   Genome-Wide Imprinting Tests on Diabetes-Related Phenotypes
7. Nathan Wineinger
   The Current State of Copy Number Variation

Scientific Session II

1. Xiangqin Cui PhD
   Consistency assessment among multiple probe sets interrogating the same gene on the Affymetrix MOE430 GeneChip
2. Richard Reynolds PhD
   Estimating heritability of floral traits using the animal model
3. Stephen Erickson PhD
   Multilevel Hidden Markov Model (mHMM) of DNA Copy Number Variants (CNVs)
4. Georgina Ankra-Badu PhD
   Bayesian Analysis of Fatness and Growth Traits in Animal Models
5. Nengjun Yi PhD
   Bayesian GLM Approach for Interacting QTL Mapping: Real Data Examples
6. Mary Wojczynski PhD
   TBD

1. Swimming and Basketball are available at no charge.
2. Putt-Putt is available for $3.00 per person.

Scientific
Session III

1. David B. Allison PhD
   The Rise of Statistics as an Empirical Science:  Genomics as the Levening"
2. L. Kelly Vaughan PhD
   Integrative Data Analysis: Pathways and Beyond
3. Hemant Tiwari PhD
   Overview of my current research: Missing Data, CNV in GWAS, familial data GWAS, GxE, etc
4. Mark Beasley PhD
   Issues in Using Inverse Normal Transformations
5. Richard Kennedy MD PhD
   Neuroscience and Genomics:  Overview and Issues
6. Calvin Elam
   The comparative effect of metformin or calorie restriction on lifespan in Fisher 344 rats

Break-out sessions
(reports & discussions)

Group 1:  Faculty
Group 2:  Fellows
Group 3:  Students
Group 4:  Programmers