Workshop The 22nd International Statistical Genetics Methods Workshop.
August 11 - 15, 2008 Leuven, Belgium

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Anniversary Workshop

Symposium Program updated!

This workshop will celebrate the 21st anniversary of the International Workshops on Methodology for Genetic Studies of Twins and Families which was first held in Leuven, Belgium in August 1987. Introductory and Advanced Workshops have been held almost annually since then, the majority of them being held in Boulder, Colorado funded by NIMH. In addition two NATO-funded workshops were held in Leuven, one was held in Helsinki, and four ‘spin-off’ workshops were held in Egmond, the Netherlands, sponsored by GenomeEUTwin. During the past 20 years, over 1000 individuals have been trained at the workshops.

The program for the anniversary workshop will focus on novel research methods and the latest developments in the following areas of research:

  • Phenomics (Assessment, Psychometrics, Measurement Issues, Neuroimaging and Endophenotypes); Study Design, Power and Simulation; and Error Checking
  • Advanced Genetic Epidemiology (Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods (i.e. Bugs), Genotype x Environment Interaction (GxE) & Correlation (rGE), Extended Twin-Family Designs)
  • Linkage (Variance Component, Regression); Association (Single Marker, Family-based Association; Haplotype Mapping); Replication & Multiple Testing; Animal Models
  • Genome-wide Association; Data Mining and Publicly Available Data Sources

A symposium will be held on The Past, Present and Future of Statistical Genetics.

This advanced course is intended for those who have attended earlier workshops and/or who are familiar with or interested in statistical genetic methods and applications.

An outstanding international faculty roster includes:

  • Lindon Eaves, Michael Neale, Hermine Maes, Sarah Medland, Danielle Dick, Tim York, VIPBG, Richmond VA, USA
  • Nick Martin, Peter Visscher QIMR, Brisbane, AU
  • Dorret Boomsma, Meike Bartels, Danielle Posthuma, VU, Amsterdam, NL
  • John Hewitt, Jeff Lessem, IBG, Boulder CO, USA
  • Andrew Heath, John Rice WUSoM, St. Louis MI, USA
  • Pak Sham, Stacey Cherny, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Lon Cardon University of Oxford, UK & University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA
  • Shaun Purcell, Manuel Ferreira, Harvard University, MA & MIT, MA, USA
  • Goncalo Abecasis, William Stewart, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
  • Fruhling Rijsdijk, Ben Neale, IOP, University of London, London, UK
  • Conor Dolan, Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
  • David Evans, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Jonathan Flint, Wellcome Trust & University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Jaakko Kaprio Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
  • Kate Morley, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU
  • Robert Vlietinck, Martine Thomis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

The 22nd anniversary workshop will be held in the historic university town of Leuven, Belgium, August 11-15, 2008, with Hermine Maes, Martine Thomis and Danielle Posthuma as Local Hosts, Michael Neale as Academic Director, and Nick Martin as Symposium Director.

The workshop is partly sponsored by:

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