Introduction to the statistical analysis of genome-wide association studies
| Date: | January 27-31, 2025 |
| Venue: | Online live/Distance Learning |
| Course Leader: | Prof Inga Prokopenko (UK) |
| Course Lectuers: | Prof Reedik Mägi – course co-leader (Estonia), Prof Krista Fischer (Estonia), Prof Andrew Morris (UK), Prof Inga Prokopenko (UK), Dr Ayse Demirkan (UK) |
| Attendance Fee: | (pound sterling) £900 academic /£1100 non-academic rate covering the course registration fee for full-time 5-day teaching and access to the course materials/registration after the course. |
| Deadline for applications: | Friday 20 December 2024 at 23.59 (GMT). Deadline for late applications: Thursday 10 January 2025. Late applications will be considered with £200 increase in fees. |
| Audience: | Geneticists facing the need to analyse large-scale human genotyping data in relation to their effect on common human traits and diseases. Scientists aiming to undertake genome-wide association studies and their meta-analyses. Researchers willing to understand better the statistical approaches and analytical procedures for the genetic association studies. |
| Fellowships: | A limited number of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) -funded scholarships are available for young scientists in training from European countries. Preference will be given to ESHG members and researchers from countries which are disadvantaged economically, although scholarships are not limited to these groups. Scholarships will cover the full attendance fee only. |
| Application | Applications and all accompanying documentation should be submitted to the Course Administrator using email: gwascourse(at)surrey.ac.uk • Application form |
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| Contact: | Email: gwascourse(at)surrey.ac.uk Dr. Inga Prokopenko e-mail: i.prokopenko(at)surrey.ac.uk |