Genome-Wide Association Studies: Design and Analysis

Program Schedule

Thursday, October 26
8:00am		Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am		Welcome and Introduction Michael Bracken, PhD, MPH Hongyu Zhao, PhD
8:45am		Finding Genes for Sudden Cardiac Death Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD Discussion
10:00am		Refreshment Break
10:30am		Population Genetics Chair, Theodore Holford, PhD A Global Overview of Human Genetic Variation Kenneth Kidd, PhD Genome-Wide Polymorphism Scans for Natural Selection in Humans Andrew Clark, PhD TBD Peter Donnelly, PhD
12:00pm		Lunch
2:30pm		Genomic Technologies Chair, Perry Miller, MD, PhD Whole Genome Genetic Association Analysis of Complex Human Traits David Cox, MD, PhD Development of Large-Scale Sequencing Technologies for Human Genetics Jonathan Rothberg, PhD Panel and Discussion
3:30pm		Refreshment Break
4:00pm		Genomic Epidemiology Chair, Harvey Risch, MD, PhD Genome-Wide Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping for Susceptibility Genes in Human Complex Diseases Josephine Hoh, PhD Bias, Confounding, and Random Error in Whole-Genome Case-Control Studies David Clayton, PhD Panel and Discussion
5:30pm		Adjourn

Friday, October 27
8:00am		Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am		Welcome and Introduction Michael Bracken, PhD, MPH Hongyu Zhao, PhD
8:45am		Genome-Wide Association Mapping: Data Quality and Analysis, Examples from Type 2 Diabetes Nancy Cox, PhD Multiple Testing and Epistatis in Genome-Wide Association Studies Pak Sham, MD, PhD Discussion
10:00am		Refreshment Break
10:30am		Statistical Analysis I Chair, Jurg Ott, PhD Genome Scans Under the Malecot Model Newton Morton, PhD Population Genetic Approaches to Genome-Wide Association Mapping Jonathan Pritchard, PhD Integrated Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Goncalo Abecasis, PhD
12:00pm		Lunch
2:30pm		Statistical Analysis II Chair, Heping Zhang, PhD Two-Stage Association Tests Robert Elston, PhD Efficient Study Designs for Two-Stage Genome-Wide Association Studies Michael Boehnke, PhD Panel and Discussion
3:30pm		Refreshment Break
4:00pm		Forward Looking Genetics Chair, Richard Lifton, MD, PhD Teasing Apart Inter-Tissue Signaling Networks Associated with Disease: Integrating Molecular Profiling and Genotypic Data Eric Schadt, PhD Human Genome Sequence Variation and the Inherited Basis of Disease David Altshuler, PhD Panel and Discussion
5:30pm		Adjourn