VIDEOS FOR SEMINARS FROM 2008
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| Date | Speaker | Topic | Resources |
| January 28, 2008 | Jerry Reiter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Statistical Science, Duke University | Protecting confidentiality of public use genetic data: What can we learn from the experiences of statistical agencies? | Abstract |
| February 20, 2008 | Valen E. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor and Deputy Chair of Biostatistics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Non-local Prior Densities for Objective Bayes Hypothesis Tests. | Abstract Video not available |
| February 27, 2008 | Richard J. Reynolds IV, University of Maryland, College Park | Quantitative Approaches to Measuring Natural Selection on Floral Traits. | Abstract Video not available |
| March 21, 2008 | Taras Oleksyk, Ph.D., Scientist II from, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, and Adjunct Professor, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University | Scanning genomes for the footprints of historic selection. | Abstract |
| March 28, 2008 | Nicholas Pajewski, Medical College of Wisconsin | Bayesian Semi parametric Models for Genetic Association Studies of Unrelated Individuals in the Presence of Population Structure. | Abstract Video not available |
| April 16, 2008 | Sanjay Shete, PhD., Associate Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Texas | A Combined Test for Genetic Association that Incorporates Information about Hardy Weinberg Disequilibrium in Cases. | Abstract |
| May 2, 2008 | Ingo Ruczynski, PhD., Associate Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University | Hidden Markov Models for the Assessment of Chromosomal Alterations using High-throughput SNP Arrays. | Abstract |
| June 16, 2008 | Huai-Zhen Qin, PhD., Department of Mathematical Sciences from Michigan Technological University | Genome-wide Data Driven Weighted Association Testing Boosted by Founder Information. | Abstract Video not available |
| June 27, 2008 | Dmtri Zaykin, PhD., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Biostatistics | Detecting Haplotype Associations When the Important SNPs May Not Have Been Typed. | Abstract |
| July 2, 2008 | Degui Zhi, PhD., Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California, Berkeley | "Beyond Sequence Alignment": An Optimization Framework for the Inference of Nontrivial Protein Domain Architecture and ancient Homology. | Abstract Video not available |
| July 18, 2008 | Jun Liu, PhD., SSG Visiting Professor, Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Harvard University | Hunting for Interactions - A Bayesian Approach. | Abstract |
| July 25, 2008 | Michael Epstein, PhD., Assistant Professor, Emory University's Genetics Department | Powerful Multilocus Association Testing of complex Traits. | Abstract Video not available |
| August 15, 2008 | Janet Sinsheimer, PhD., Professor of Biostatistics, Biomathematics & Human Genetics, UCLA | Family Values: statistical tests of maternal-offspring genetic effects. | Abstract |
| August 26, 2008 | Saunak Sen, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco | Selective Genotyping and Phenotyping Strategies in a Complex Trait Context. | Abstract Video not available |
| September 18, 2008 | Dean Follmann, PhD., Branch Chief, Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious | Crossover Trial Designs for Absorbing Binary Endpoints. | Abstract |
| September 30, 2008 | Jun Liu, PhD., SSG Visiting Professor, Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Harvard University | Inference of Patterns and Associations Using Dictionary Models. | Abstract Video not available |
| October 9, 2008 | Fengyu Zhang, PhD, Senior Statistical Genetics/Epidemiologist, NIHM, NIH | A Genome-Wide Association Study; Statistical Analysis and Perspectives. | Abstract Video not available |
| October 13, 2008 | Cheryl L. Sershen, PhD, University of California, Davis | Dynamic Model of DNA Structure and Function. | Abstract Video not available |
| October 20, 2008 | Xiang-Yang Lou, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences | Generalized MDR Approaches to Detecting Multifactor Interactions in Population-based and Family-based Studies. | Abstract |
| October 28, 2008 | Tricia A. Thornton-Wells, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Music and Anxiety in Williams Syndrome: Neuroimaging Endophenotypes in a Genetic Developmental Disorder. | Abstract Video not available |
| November 12, 2008 | David Rocke, PhD, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, University of California, Davis | Statistical Methods for Identification of Differentially Expressed Gene Groups and Pathways. | Abstract |
| November 14, 2008 | Tracy L. Bergemann, Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota | Missing Data in Case –Parent Triad Studies. | Abstract |
| November 17, 2008 | Soumitra Ghosh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin | Genetics of Autoimmunity in Type 1 diabetes. | Abstract not available |
| November 21, 2008 | Yann Klimentidis , PhD, University of New Mexico | Genetic Admixture, Self-identification, and Obesity-related Phenotypes in New Mexico. | Abstract Video not available |
| November 24, 2008 | Tanzy Love, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University | Repeated Measurements on District Scales with Censoring. | Abstract |
| December 5, 2008 | Jonathan Flint, PhD, Professor, Head of the Psychiatric Genetics Group, Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genetics (WTCHG) | Identifying a novel gene for human cortical malformation by mouse mutagenesis. | Abstract not available |
| December 15, 2008 | Judith R. Miller PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Georgetown Unversity | Inferring Selection on a Quantitative Trait in a Subdivided Population. | Abstract |