VIDEOS FOR SEMINARS FROM 2009
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| Date | Speaker | Topic | Resources |
| January 7, 2009 | Bingshan Li, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine | Statistical Methods for Detecting Associations of Rare Variants with Complex Diseases. | Abstract Video not available |
| January 15, 2009 | Thomas Hoffmann, PhD, Graduate Research Assistant, Harvard in Biostatistics | Parsing the Effects of Individual SNPs in Candidate Genes with Family Data. | Abstract Video not available |
| January 28, 2009 | Gustavo del los Campos, PhD, Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin Madison | (I) Structural Equation Models with Applications to Quantitative Genetics & (II) Learning from Complex Traits in a Genomic Era. | Abstract Video not available |
| January 30, 2009 | Stephen Erickson, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham | A Multilevel Hidden Markov Model of DNA Copy Number Variation. | Abstract |
| February 03, 2009 | Kofi P Adragni, PhD, University of Minnesota | Dimension Reduction and Prediction in Large p Regressions. | Abstract Video not available |
| February 13, 2009 | Xiaoyong Wu, PhD, McGill University | Variance Stabilization Approach for Mass Spectrometry Proteomic Data. | Abstract Video not available |
| February 16, 2009 | David Conti, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Southern California | Pathway Thinking in Genome-wide Times. | Abstract |
| February 18, 2009 | Fengrong Wei, PhD, Department of Mathematics, the University of Iowa | Group Selection in High-dimensional Regression. | Abstract Video not available |
| March 11, 2009 | Charity Morgan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama Birmingham, Biostatistics Department | Assessing Thought Disordered Behavior Using Finite Mixture Models. | Abstract Video not available |
| March 30, 2009 | Adam Rivers, MIT Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | From Genes to Ecosystems: Understanding how the Ocean’s Most Abundant Photosynthetic Organisms Use Iron. | Abstract Video not available |
| April 1, 2009 | Jianxin Shi, PhD, Stanford University | Skewness Correction in QTL Mapping Using Extended Pedigrees and Its Application to Gene Expression Linkage Analysis. | Abstract Video not available |
| April 3, 2009 | Bo Zhang, PhD, University of Minnesota | Adaptive Model Selection via Generalized Degrees of Freedom and Data Perturbation? | Abstract Video not available |
| April 16, 2009 | Duncan Thomas, PhD, Professor & Director, Biostatistics Division Verna Richter Chair in Cancer Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, USC | Study Design and Analysis Methods for Complex Pathways in Molecular Epidemiology: Applications to Folate Metabolism and DNA Repair Pathways Context. | Abstract |
| May 08, 2009 | Kirk Williams, PhD, Student in Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Tulane University, New Orleans | Quantitative Structure - Activity Relationships (QSAR) of Phytoestrogens, Mycoestrogens, and Diethylstilbestrol Derivatives with Estrogen Receptor alpha Reveal Core Functional Centers for Estrogens. | Abstract Video not available |
| May 22, 2009 | Boshao Zhang, Departmentof Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina | Two Stage Clonal Expansion Models of Carcinogenesis for Acute, Continuous, and Multiple Exposure with Applications to Radiation. | Abstract Video not available |
| May 29, 2009 | Ted Barker, PhD, Honorary Research Associate, Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, Department of Psychology at University of Alabama Tuscaloosa | Predicting trajectories of conduct problems behaviors via prenatal and early postnatal risk markers. | Abstract Video not available |
| June 03, 2009 | Marilyn Ritchie, PhD, Vanderbilt University | Computational Genomics in the GWAS Era. | Abstract Video not available |
| June 05, 2009 | Peter Visscher, PhD, Queensland Institute of Medical Research Brisbane, Australia | Prediction of Individual Genetic Risk of Disease: Attacking a Straw Man? | Abstract |
| June 12, 2009 | Robert Makowsky, University of Texas - Arlington | Quantifying Optimal Level of Sequence Divergence for Phylogenetic Reconstruction | Abstract Video not available |
| July 01, 2009 | Mike Anderson, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University | Bayesian Classification of DNA Barcodes. | Abstract Video not available |
| July 08, 2009 | Derek Gordon, PhD, SUNJ Rutgers Dept of Genetics | Heterogeneity and Misclassification: Two forms of mixtures for Family-based Tests of Genetic Association. | Abstract |
| July 27, 2009 | Todd Edwards, PhD, Miami Institute of Human Genomics | Genome-wide Association Study Confirms SNPs in SNCA and the MAPT Region as Common Risk Factors for Parkinson Disease. | Abstract Video not available |
| July 28, 2009 | Digna Velez, PhD, University of Miami, Human Genetics/Infectious Diseases | Genetic Predictors of Host Susceptibility to Infection: The Role of Immunity in Tuberculosis and Preterm Birth. | Abstract Video not available |
| August 27, 2009 | Edwin van den Oord, PhD, Professor & Director, Center for Biomarker Research and Personalized Medicine, School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University | Individualized Antipsychotic Therapy for Schizophrenic Patients | Abstract |
| September 21, 2009 | Christine Duarte, PhD, Research Scientist, Nature Source Genetics, Ithaca, NY | A New Method for Genetic Network Reconstruction in Expression QTL Data Sets | Abstract Video not available |
| September 30, 2009 | Abigail Matthews, PhD, Rockefeller University, OTT Lab of Statistical Genetics | Two Issues in Genome-wide Association Studies: Incorporating Modes of Inheritance and Use of Hardy-Weinberg Disequilibrium. | Abstract Video not available |
| October 27, 2009 | Daniel Gianola, PhD, Sewall Wright Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Prediction of Genetic Values: History, Methods and Post-genomic Challenges | Abstract |
| November 06, 2009 | Michael J Lanning, PhD, Business Administration, Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Combining the Kernel Trick and Information Criteria for Variable Selection and Clustering | Abstract |
| November 11, 2009 | Lekki Wood, PhD, Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Twin studies and their implications for molecular genetic studies: Are endophenotypes the key to integrating quantitative and molecular genetics in ADHD research? | Abstract |