FOURTH ANNUAL SHORT COURSE ON STATISTICAL GENETICS FOR OBESITY AND NUTRITION RESEARCHERS
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| Held On: | April 20 - 21, 2004 |
| Location: | Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC Congressional Hall B 999 Ninth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 202-898-9000 Fax: 202-789-4213 |
Overview:
We are very pleased to offer the Fourth Annual NIDDK-funded Short Course on Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers.
This course is designed to help investigators studying the genetics of human complex traits to better understand and use statistical genetics methods, and thereby further their ability to meet their scientific objectives. It is aimed at established investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and to some extent advanced graduate students.
The course is two full days in length, and offers a vigorous interactive educational program designed to enhance researcher's ability to implement and, importantly, 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. Limited financial support for the course expenses is available for young investigators.
Schedule of Events:
| DATE | TIME | SPEAKER/MODERATOR | TOPIC | Resource(s) |
| April 20, 2004 | 7:30 am-7:50 am | Registration and Refreshments | ||
| 7:50 am-8:00 am | David B. Allison, Ph.D. | Introductory Remarks and Announcements |  | |
| 8:00 am-9:20 am | Varghese George, Ph.D. | Basic Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis | | |
| 9:30 am-10:50 am | Nancy Cox, Ph.D. | Basic Genetic Concepts of Linkage & Disequilibrium | | |
| 11:00 am-12:20 pm | Robert Elston, Ph.D. | Model-Free Linkage Analysis | | |
| 12:20 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch (on your own) | |||
| 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Kathryn Roeder, Ph.D. | Case-Control Design and Genomic Control | | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm | Mark Shriver, Ph.D. | Admixture Mapping | | |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Discussion | |||
| April 21, 2004 | 7:45 am-8:00 am | Registration and Refreshments | ||
| 8:00 am-9:20 am | Warren Ewens, Ph.D. | TDT Designs | | |
| 9:30 am-10:50 am | Carl Langefeld, Ph.D. | Haplotype Methods | | |
| 11:00 am-12:20 pm | Susan Hilsenbeck, Ph.D. | Microarray and Related Topics I | | |
| 12:20 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch (on your own) | |||
| 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Grier Page, Ph.D. | Microarray and Related Topics II | | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm | David Allison, Ph.D. | Microarray and Related Topics III | | |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Discussion |
External Faculty:
- Nancy Cox, Ph.D., University of Chicago
- Robert Elston, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- Warren Ewens, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Susan Hilsenbeck, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
- Carl Langefeld, Ph.D., Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem
- Kathryn Roeder, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg
- Mark Shriver, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
UAB Faculty:
- David Allison, Ph.D.
- Varghese George, Ph.D.
- Grier Page, Ph.D.
Full List of External Rotating Faculty: Click here
Contact Information:
Richard Sarver
Department of Biostatistics
Ryals Public Health Bldg 317
1665 University Blvd
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
Phone: (205) 975-9169
Email: rsarver@uab.edu
Funded by: National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Sponsors:
 | Section on Statistical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
 | American Society for Nutritional Sciences |
 | American Physiological Society |
 | American Association of Anatomists |
 | American Society for Investigative Pathology |
Contributors:
 | Pfizer, Inc. |
 | Roche, Inc. |
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