Curr rent To M opics in MMG 31 n Genom 10

Und
derstanding
g
the
e structure
off genomes
derstanding
g
Und
the
e biology off
genomes
g
derstanding
g
Und
the
e biology off
disease
Advancing
the science of
m
medicine
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mproving
the efffectiveness
s
of h
healthcare
MMG
M
31
10 - Falll 2014
Currrent To
opics in
n Genom
mics an
nd Med
dicine (22 creditts)
Signnificant progress
p
has
h been made in genomicss in the ppast 10 yyears -- thhe Human
n
Gennome Projject, the first geno
ome-wide associatioon study, the first direct-to--consumerr
whoole-genom
me test, thee first perrsonal gen
nome sequuenced, annd the 10000 Genom
me Projectt.
New
w opportu
unities to cure
c
diseaases emerg
ge every dday as wee continuee learningg about thee
struucture and
d function of the hu
uman geno
ome and genetic coontributioons to hum
man health
h
andd disease. This
T seminar-based
d course will
w providde an up-too-date visiion for thee future of
gennomics research and
d describe the path towards ann era of geenomic meedicine.
ncludes seeminars byy invited sp
peakers aand lecturees
Thee course in
Inviited speak
ker seminaar (public welcome)):
Weednesdays
9:30-10:30am
m at Staffo
ford Hall 1101
Lunnch provid
ded with sp
peakers:
Weednesdays
Studdent preseentations and
a faculty
y lectures:
Onee hour, tim
me/locatioon TBD
Connfirmed sp
peakers (coonfirming othher speakers):
Speakker
In
nstitution
Title
Kenneth Kidd
Hongyyu Zhao
Jason Moore
Chao C
Cheng
Russelll Tracy
Jamess Hudziak
Richarrd Single
Reneee Stapleton
Thomaas Ahern
Yale
Y University
Yale
Y University
Dartmouth
D
Collegge
Dartmouth
D
Collegge
University
U
of Verm
mont
University
U
of Verm
mont
University
U
of Verm
mont
University
U
of Verm
mont
University
U
of Verm
mont
TBD
Leveraging diverse types of prior inform
mation to prioritizze genes from ggenome wide asssociation studiess
Networrk science approoaches to the ge netic analysis off common humaan diseases
From genomics
g
to biom
medical studies: application of inntegrative analyssis
TBD
Epigenetic studies of child stress reacttivity
Data sttandards and staatistical methodss to facilitate meeta-analysis of im
mmunogenetic daata
Basic statistics
s
and study design
Epidem
miology: tools forr translating moleecular data
Reggistration: send yourr name to the
t instrucctor Daweii Li at daw
wei.li@uvm
m.edu.

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