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====== THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON STATISTICAL GENETIC METHODS FOR HUMAN COMPLEX TRAITS ====== | ====== THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON STATISTICAL GENETIC METHODS FOR HUMAN COMPLEX TRAITS ====== | ||
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(formerly the `Methodology of Twin and Family Studies Introductory Workshop’) | (formerly the `Methodology of Twin and Family Studies Introductory Workshop’) | ||
MARCH 7th - MARCH 11th, 2016 | MARCH 7th - MARCH 11th, 2016 | ||
- | The next workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado, March 7th-11th, 2016. Much of the application programming will be based on OpenMx, developed by Dr. Michael Neale & colleagues for the flexible analysis of genetically informative data. Michael Neale serves as the Academic Director for the workshop and Sarah Medland as Associate Director. They are joined by an outstanding faculty from universities around the world. | + | The next workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado, March 7th-11th, 2016. Much of the application programming will be based on OpenMx, developed by Dr. Michael Neale & colleagues for the flexible analysis of genetically informative data. Michael Neale serves as the Academic Director for the workshop and Sarah Medland as Associate Director. They are joined by an outstanding faculty from universities around the world. |
- | The course will include: causes of variation; introduction to R programming; | + | |
- | Hands-on analysis will be emphasized, employing networked notebook computers, and using OpenMx and R programming. The website for OpenMx is at: http:// | + | The course will include: causes of variation; introduction to R programming; |
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+ | Hands-on analysis will be emphasized, employing networked notebook computers, and using OpenMx and R programming. The website for OpenMx is at: [[http:// | ||
Participants are strongly advised to have some familiarity with R programming before attending the workshop. | Participants are strongly advised to have some familiarity with R programming before attending the workshop. | ||
- | Introductory material is available at http:// | + | |
- | The registration fee is $600, payable by January 29th, 2016. Thereafter, the fee will be $700. Non-payment by February 19th, 2016, will result in your registration being dropped, and cancellations after that date will be non-refundable. Details of local arrangements, | + | Introductory material is available at [[http:// |
- | An outstanding international faculty roster includes: | + | |
- | Michael Neale (Academic Director), Lindon Eaves, Hermine Maes, Brad Verhulst. Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics. Virginia Commonwealth University, USA | + | The registration fee is $600, payable by January 29th, 2016. Thereafter, the fee will be $700. Non-payment by February 19th, 2016, will result in your registration being dropped, and cancellations after that date will be non-refundable. Details of local arrangements, |
- | Elizabeth Prom-Wormley. Dept. of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA | + | |
- | Ben Neale. Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA | + | An outstanding international faculty roster includes: |
- | Stacey Cherny. Genome Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | + | |
- | Meike Bartels, Dorret Boomsma, Danielle Posthuma, Conor Dolan, Michel Nivard, Abdel Abdellaoui. Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit, | + | |
- | John Hewitt (Local Host), Jeff Lessem, Matt Keller. Institute for Behavioral Genetics, Boulder, CO, USA | + | |
- | Nick Martin, Sarah Medland (Associate Director). QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia | + | |
- | David Evans. University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Australia | + | |
- | Fruhling Rijsdijk. King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, United Kingdom | + | |
- | Sanja Franic, Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | + | |
- | Timothy Bates, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | + | |
- | Further information may be obtained from John Hewitt, or the workshop coordinator, | + | |
- | E-mail: John.Hewitt@Colorado.edu or Melissa.Dunivant@Colorado.edu. | + | |
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+ | Further information may be obtained from John Hewitt, or the workshop coordinator, | ||
Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, | Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, | ||
- | Financial support for this workshop is provided by grant MH19918 from the National Institute of Mental Health. | + | |
+ | Financial support for this workshop is provided by grant MH19918 from the National Institute of Mental Health. |