Eighth Annual Short Course on Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers

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Held On:	Thu 4/3/2008 - Fri 4/4/2008
Location:	San Diego, CA
Lodging Options:	San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter Presidio Ballroom A & B 660 K Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-696-0234; fax 619-231-8199 - Official Web Site of the Gaslamp Quarter Association - .6 miles from the FASEB host hotel San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina - .7 miles from the San Diego Convention Center - 3.3 miles from the San Diego International Airport When making your reservation, please identify yourself as with the "University of Alabama at Birmingham" group to receive the reduced room rate.

Overview:

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Section on Statistical Genetics and Clinical Nutrition Research Center are very pleased to offer the Eighth Annual NIDDK-funded Short Course on Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers in San Diego Thu 4/3/2008 - Fri 4/4/2008. This meeting will be held immediately prior to FASEB's 2008 Experimental Biology meeting Sat 4/5/2008 - Wed 4/9/2008, http://www.eb2008.org/. This course is designed to help investigators studying the genetics of human complex traits to better understand and use statistical genetics methods. It is aimed at established investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students. The course is two full days in length, and offers a vigorous interactive educational program designed to enhance researcher abilities to implement and interpret the results of sophisticated statistical analysis in human genetic research. Women, members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Schedule of Events: Agenda

DATE	TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
Thu 4/03/2008	7:30 - 8:00 a.m.	N/A	Registration
	8:00 - 8:15 a.m.	Hemant K. Tiwari, Ph.D.	Introductory Remarks
	8:15 - 9:30 a.m.	Janet Sinsheimer, Ph.D.	Linkage Analysis
	9:30 -9:45 a.m.		Break
	9:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Hemant K. Tiwari, Ph.D.	Family-Based Association & TDT
	11:10 - 12:15 p.m.	David B. Allison, Ph.D.	Case control association, stratification, admixture mapping
	12:15 - 1:45 p.m.		Lunch
	1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	John Witte, Ph.D.	Gene by Environment (GxE) interaction
	3:00 - 3:15 p.m.		Break
	3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Eric Sobel, Ph.D.	Haplotype Construction & Inference
	4:30 - 5:00 p.m.		Discussion
DATE	TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
Fri 4/04/2008	7:45 - 8:00 a.m.	David B. Allison, Ph.D.	Welcome
	8:00 - 9:15 a.m.	Chiara Sabatti, Ph.D.	Genome-wide association scans
	9:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Jason Moore, Ph.D.	Gene by Gene (GxG) interaction
	10:30 - 10:45 a.m.		Break
	10:45 -12:00 p.m.	Christina Ramirez Kitchen, Ph.D.	Microarray I
	12:00 - 1:30 p.m.		Lunch
	1:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Steve Horvath, Ph.D.	Microarray II
	2:45 - 3:00 p.m.		Break
	3:00 - 4:15 p.m.	Nicholas Schork, Ph.D.	Genomic Medicine
	4:15 - 4:45 p.m.		Discussion

UAB Faculty:

External Faculty:

Steve Horvath, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Jason H. Moore, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School
Christina Ramirez Kitchen, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Chiara Sabatti, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Nicholas Schork, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla
Janet Sinsheimer, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Sobel, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
John Witte, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Full List of External Rotating Faculty can be found by Click here.

Contact Information:

Richard Sarver
Department of Biostatistics
1665 University Blvd, RPHB 414
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
Phone: (205) 975-9169
Email: rsarver@uab.edu

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