International Genetic Epidemiology Society

Course date

May 10th, 2010 (Refresh Mini Course, This is an optional and free event for those who need to learn basic concepts of Family study. It requires pre-registration.)

May 11th, and 12th, 2010 (FBAT/PBAT Family-Based Association Test Workshop)

Course Schedule (See below table)

Location

Hoam Faculty House, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

How to get Hoam Faculty House(English, Korean)

Accommodation

For the participants who need accomodation in Seoul, we recommend Hoam Faculty House. We can make a reservation for you at speciatl room rate (10% off) for this worshop. Registration fee does not include accommodation fee. Please apply for accommodation by filling out registration form below and choose the type of room (Standard/Deluxe and for 76,500/108,00 won, 10% tax will be added.), and your schedule (Check in/out date: May 9th-12th and May 9th-13th).

Application Dates

Completed application due by 6:00 P.M., March 31^st, 2010

Course Organizers and Faculty

Lecturers

Christopher Lange (Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health

Matt McQueen (Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado)

Jessica Su-Lasky (Department of  Biostatistics, upstate SUNY)

Local Host

Joohon Sung (Institute of Health and Environment, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University and Genome Medicine Institute, Seoul National University)

Jong-Young Lee (Director, Devision of Structural and Functional Genomics, Center for Genome Science, Korea Centers for Disease Contreol and Prevention)

Sung-Ho Won (Department of Statistics, Joong-Ang University, Seoul, Korea)

Assistant

Mi-Kyeong Lee (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

Youn-Sik Kim (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

Jooyeon Lee (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

Topics

• Family-based association tests (FBATs)
• Multi-marker, haplotype tests
• Analysis of complex phenotypes: repeated measures, time-to-onset and multivariate phenotypes
• Testing strategies and genome-wide association analysis
• Copy Number Variation (CNV) analysis
• Integrative Genomics
• Power and study design considerations

Intended Audience

This course is intended for Asia Pacific Residents involved in Genetic research, especially clinicians, epidemiologists, geneticists, statisticians,and bioinformaticians, who have basic knowledge in genetics, family-based study, and statistics. Participants are encouraged to read textbooks which will be provided in advance, and also recommended to bring your own laptop computers after installing software programs which will also be provided. Free wireless internet access and electrical power are available.

Being familiar with FBAT would be helpful for this course. FBAT webpage at Harvard, FBAT users manual, and FBAT/PBAT workshop in last year are linked.

Application, Registration and Fees

The course fee is 500,000 won (or $450.00 for foreigners). Course materials, two lunches, coffe breaks and a reception are included. Accommodation fee is not included. The course is limited to only 60 participants. Please fill out the Registration Form (download Resitration Form, korean version) and return via email to Mi-Kyeong Lee. Payment methods are not yet decided. Do not send registration fee until your acceptance has been confirmed.

Limited Resources are available for Scholarship (Registration fee). Please provide separate letter (free format) if you think you need support.

Previous FBAT/PBAT workshop

2009 Boulder, Colorado

Refresh Mini course on basic genetics and genetic analysis, 10^th May afternoon (optional, free for the registered participants)

If you are the one who would like to learn FBAT/PBAT methods, but

“I am not quite sure about the difference between association and linkage”

“I am not familiar with ‘intraclass-, within-, between-family variations’ and ‘score statistics’

What is copy number variation, and the difference with SNPs?

……  then you are a candidate for the mini course for ice-breaking

Course Schedule