SEVENTH ANNUAL SHORT COURSE ON STATISTICAL GENETICS FOR OBESITY AND NUTRITION RESEARCHERS
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| Held On: | May 14 - 15, 2007 |
| Location: | Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza (off East Cullen Street) Houston, TX 77030 Mon 5/14/2007: 1st floor Cullen Bldg, Jaworski Classroom 187A Tue 5/15/2007: 1st floor DeBakey Ctr, Classroom M112 |
| Lodging Options: | Hilton Houston Plaza/Medical Center 6633 Travis Street, Houston, Texas, United States 77030-1308 Tel: 1-713-313-4000 Fax: 1-713-313-4660 When making your reservation, please be sure to say that you are attending a course at the Baylor College of Medicine in order to receive the reduced room rate of 125.00 + tax. |
Overview:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Section on Statistical Genetics and Clinical Nutrition Research Center are very pleased to offer the Seventh Annual NIDDK-funded Short Course on Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers in Houston TX on May 14 - 15. 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 |
| May 14, 2007 1st floor Cullen Bldg, Jaworski Classroom 187A |
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. | Carol J. Etzel Ph.D. | Methods of Linkage Analysis (Model-Based) | |
| 9:30 -9:45 a.m. | Break | ||
| 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. | Suzanne Leal, Ph.D. | Methods of Linkage Analysis (Model-Free) | |
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. | Break | ||
| 11:15 - 12:30 p.m. | Sanjay S. Shete Ph.D. | Family-Based Association & TDT | |
| 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch (Lunch Options) | ||
| 1:45 - 3:00 p.m. | David B. Allison, Ph.D. | Case control association, stratification, admixture mapping | |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break | ||
| 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. | Chris Amos, Ph.D. | Gene by Gene interaction; Gene by Environment interaction (Slides Here) | |
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Discussion | ||
| DATE | TIME | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| May 15, 2007 1st floor DeBakey Ctr, Classroom M112 |
7:45 - 8:00 a.m. | David B. Allison, Ph.D. | Welcome |
| 8:00 - 9:15 a.m. | Sanjay S. Shete Ph.D. | Genome-wide association scans | |
| 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Hemant K. Tiwari, Ph.D. | Haplotype Inference | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break | ||
| 10:45 -12:00 p.m. | Carol J. Etzel Ph.D. | Meta Analysis | |
| 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch (Lunch Options) | ||
| 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. | Susan Hilsenbeck, Ph.D. | Microarray Design Issues | |
| 2:30 - 2:45 p.m. | Break | ||
| 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. | Kim-Anh Do, Ph.D. | Microarray Inference | |
| 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. | Discussion |
UAB Faculty:
External Faculty:
- Chris Amos PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Kim-Anh Do PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Carol J. Etzel PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Susan Hilsenbeck PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
- Suzanne Leal, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
- Sanjay S. Shete PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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
Funded by: National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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