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Biostatistics Seminar: Genetic Data

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Robert Gentleman, PhD, will present a seminar titled, "Using genetic data to identify potential causal disease genes." Dr. Gentleman’s career has spanned more than 30 years. Prior to 23andMe, he was a Director at Genentech. At the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, he was the Head of the Computational Biology Department. Dr. Gentleman served as... Read more »

Biostatistics Seminar: Image-on-Scalar Regression

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Xinyi Li, PhD, will present a seminar titled, "Sparse Learning for Image-on-Scalar Regression with Application to Imaging Genetics Studies."\ Motivated by recent advances in technology for medical imaging and high-throughput genotyping, we consider an imaging genetics approach to discover relationships between the interplay of genetic variation and environmental factors and measurements from imaging phenotypes. We... Read more »