Genetic Epidemiology Fundamentals, Theory, Practice and Latest Developments
Part 1: Fundamentals
Introductory Reviews
1. Nature, Nurture, Neither? Prof Steve Jones, University College London
2. Introductory Genetics for Statisticians Prof Robert Elston, Case Western Reserve University
3. Introduction to Population Genetics 1: Single Locus Pro David Balding & Dr. Andrew Morris, Imperial College London & University of Oxford
4. Introduction to Population Genetics 2: LinkageDisequilibrium Prof David Balding & Dr. Andrew Morris, Imperial College London & University of Oxford
5. Segregation Analysis Prof Christopher Amos, University of Texas
6. Genetic Linkage Analysis Prof Christopher Amos, University of Texas Study Design
Study Design
7. Choosing the Right Study Design in Genetic Epidemiology Prof Duncan Thomas, University of Southern California
8. Genome-Wide Scans Prof Michael Province, Washington University in St. Louis
9. The Study of Candidate Genes in Drug Trials – Sample Size Considerations Prof Robert Elston, Case Western University
Part 2: From Theory to Latest Developments
Statistical Tools
10. Heterogeneity: Problems and Solutions Prof Michael Province, Washington University in St. Louis
11. Haplotype Phase Inference Prof Peter Donnelly, University of Oxford
12. Graphical Modeling of Linkage Disequilibrium Prof Alun Thomas, University of Utah
13. Bayesian Approaches for Modeling Complex Metabolic Pathways Prof Duncan Thomas, University of Southern California
Association Mapping: Methods and Models
14. Optimal Use of Linkage Disequilibrium, Haplotypes, and Integrated Maps for Positional Cloning Prof Newton Morton & Dr. Andrew Collins, Univeristy of Southampton
16. Current Methods for the Analysis of Genetic Case-Control Data: a Review Prof Duncan Thomas, University of Southern California
17. Detecting and Correcting for Pouplation Structure in Genetic Case-Control Studies Dr. Jonathan Pritchard, University of Chicago
18. Statistical Characterizationo f Genetic Association Prof Bruce Weir, North Carolina State University
Association Mapping: Applications 19. Use of DNA Pooling in Large-Scale Association Studies Prof Pak Sham, King's College London
20. Searching for Genetic Associaiton Using (Haplotype) Tagging SNPs Prof David Clayton, University of Cambridge
21. Haplotype-Based Mapping and Pharmacogenetics Prof David Goldstein, University College London
