SECOND ANNUAL SHORT COURSE ON STATISTICAL GENETICS FOR OBESITY & NUTRITION RESEARCHERS
Held On: October 6 & 7, 2001
Location: Hilton Quebec & Quebec City Convention Center
Registration Fee: $100
Intended Audience:
The intended audience are those investigators actively working or about to begin work on the genetics of obesity. Although non-human studies may be discussed, the overwhelming emphasis is on human genetics. Participants are not expected to have extensive training in either statistics or genetics, but are expected to have at least some basic familiarity with genetic and statistical terms. The course is offered on an annual basis in an alternating fashion. One year it is a 4-day course targeted somewhat more at applied data analysts and statisticians and includes much hands-on computer work. On alternating years, it is a 2-day more concept-oriented course targeted more at applied obesity investigators who wish to learn enough about the issues to work effectively in collaboration with their statisticians and data analysts. The Oct 2001 course is the more concept-oriented course.
Topics to be Addressed:
- Review of concepts and terms in statistics
- Review of concepts & terms in genetics
- Overview of allele sharing linkage methods
- Tests of association in the presence of linkage (TDT; Genomic Control; etc)
- Software Options
- Composite Tests
- Admixture Methods
- Modeling Multi-locus Effects
- Multivariate Linkage Methods
- Meta-analysis Methods
- Fine Mapping: Prioritization, Strategies, Techniques, and Cautions
Faculty:
- David Allison
- Tony Comuzzie
- Warren Ewens
- Eleanor Feingold
- Jose Fernandez
- Moonseong Heo
- Kevin Jacobs
- Susan Leal
- Arlen Price
- Nicholas Schork
- Mark Shriver
Full List of External Rotating Faculty: Click here.
Contact Information:
Dr. David B. Allison
Phone: (205) 975-9169
Email: Dallison@ms.soph.uab.edu
Mary Pitner
Phone: (205) 975-9169
Email: mpitner@ms.soph.uab.edu
Funded by: National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Sponsored by: Section on Statistical Genetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham