Fall 2015 Schedule

Fall 2014 Schedule

Online Resources

• Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics: Course on the Design and Analysis of Disease-Marker Association Studies
• Wellcome Trust Genome Sequence & Variation Course Manual (2003) 
  • Other Wellcome Course Manuals
• Genetic Epidemiology Course Lectures by David Clayton 
• EFG: Statistical Genetic Analysis of Complex Phenotypes Course Notes (2005) incl. Case-Control Association Studies by CM Lewis
• Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology Course (ST115) by Ivan Iachin 
• Introduction to Genetic Linkage and Association Course Notes by Dave Curtis 
• Genetic Epidemiology SuperLecture by Kevin Kip
• Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology Lecture by Hermine Maes 
• Human Molecular Genetics (Strachan & Read; 1999): Genetic Mapping of Complex Characters & Complex Disease Genetics 
• Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research
  • CIGMR
• GENESTAT: Genetic Association Studies Portal 
• CDC Genomics and Disease Prevention Center: Research Methods Publications
• Basic Molecular Genetics for Epidemiologists
• Genetic Epidemiology Studies on Twins by Nick Martin
• Quantitative Genetics Lecture Notes (slide presentation) 
• Human Genetics Interactive Learning Exercises
• Genetic Calculation Applets by Knud Christensen (including heritability and variance components)
• Genetic Power Calculator
• NIH National Human Genome Research Institute Programs
  • HapMap
  • ENCODE
  • Genetic Variation
• HapMap Webcast 
• HapMap User Guide 
• SNP@Ethnos: a database of ethnically variant SNPs (Park, 2007)
• Online Encyclopedia for Genetic Epidemiology Studies 
• Basic Glossary on Genetic Epidemiology
• Advanced Glossary on Genetic Epidemiology 
• HuGE Review Handbook
• STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology) & Checklists

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