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Sunday, 07/29/2018
A Hybrid Method of the Sequential Monte Carlo and the Edgeworth Expansion for Computation of Very Small P-Values in Permutation Tests
James Jian Yang, University of Michigan; Anne YuhPey Buu, University of Michigan


An Efficient Resampling Method for Order-Restricted Gene-Trait Association Analysis
Yeonil Kim, University of Florida; Yueh-Yun Chi, University of Florida; Fei Zou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


A Nearly Optimal Sequential Testing Approach to Permutation-Based Association Testing
Julian Hecker, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Ingo Ruczinski, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Christoph Lange, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health


On Using Gene Genealogies to Find Trait-Influencing Variants
Payman Nickchi, Simon Fraser University; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University


Simultaneous Genetic Analysis of Sequence Data from a Pair of Organisms That Jointly Influence a Phenotype
Mary Sara McPeek, University of Chicago; Miaoyan Wang, UC Berkeley
2:05 PM

Brawn and Brains: a Robust and Powerful Approach to X-Inclusive Whole-Genome Association Studies
Bo Chen, University of Toronto; Lei Sun, University of Toronto; Radu V Craiu, University of Toronto
2:05 PM

On Using Gene Genealogies to Find Trait-Influencing Variants
Payman Nickchi, Simon Fraser University; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
2:10 PM

A Hybrid Method of the Sequential Monte Carlo and the Edgeworth Expansion for Computation of Very Small P-Values in Permutation Tests
James Jian Yang, University of Michigan; Anne YuhPey Buu, University of Michigan
2:20 PM

Efficiently Controlling for Unbalanced Case-Control Ratios and Sample Relatedness for Binary Traits in PheWAS by Large Cohorts
Seunggeun Lee, University of Michigan
2:30 PM

An Efficient Resampling Method for Order-Restricted Gene-Trait Association Analysis
Yeonil Kim, University of Florida; Yueh-Yun Chi, University of Florida; Fei Zou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:35 PM

A Nearly Optimal Sequential Testing Approach to Permutation-Based Association Testing
Julian Hecker, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Ingo Ruczinski, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Christoph Lange, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:50 PM

Leveraging Surrogate Phenotypes to Improve Inference on a Partially Missing Target Phenotype
Zachary McCaw, Harvard School of Public Health; Xihong Lin, Harvard University
2:50 PM

Scalable Methods for Association Analysis in Biobank Scale Data Sets
Dajiang Liu, Penn State College of Medicine
2:55 PM

A Genetic Association Test Robust to Arbitrary Population Structure
Minsun Song, Sookmyung Women's University
3:05 PM

A Microbial Interdependence Association Test in Longitudinal Study
Huilin Li, New York University; Yilong Zhang, Merck Research Laboratories; Sung Won Han, Korea University; Laura Cox, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
4:25 PM

A Procedure to Detect General Association Based on Concentration of Ranks
Fred Wright, North Carolina State University; Pratyaydipta Rudra, University of Colorado at Denver; Yi-Hui Zhou, North Carolina State University
4:45 PM

Detection of Cell-Type-Specific Risk-CpG Sites in Epigenome-Wide Association Studies
Xiangyu Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Can Yang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Yingying Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
4:50 PM

Understanding Associations Among Multi-Omic Data via Integrative Modeling
Asuman Seda Turkmen, The Ohio State University; Hancong Tang, The Ohio State University; Shili Lin, The Ohio State University
4:55 PM

A Pooling Strategy to Effectively Use Genotype Data in Quantitative Traits Genome-Wide Association Studies
Wei Zhang, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD; Aiyi Liu, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD; Paul S Albert, National Cancer Institute; Robert D Ashmead, Center for Statistical Research and Methodology, U.S. Census Bureau; Enrique F Schisterman, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD ; James L Mills, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD
5:35 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
A Noval Method to Estimate Human Judgment on Words Similarities
Guan I Wu, UCLA; Ker-Chau Li, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica


Structural Equation Modeling with Latent Variables for Secondary Phenotypes in Case-Control Association Studies
Ting-Huei Chen, Université Laval
9:50 AM

Combining Phenotypes, Genotypes, and Genealogies to Fine-Map Trait-Influencing Variants on the Genome
Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
11:55 AM

Statistical Issues in the Design and Analysis of Sequencing Studies
Danyu Lin, University of North Carolina
2:05 PM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Pathway Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Studies
Swati Biswas, University of Texas at Dallas; Lei Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas; Pankaj Choudhary, University of Texas at Dallas
2:05 PM

A Novel Association Testing Model Between Rare Variants and Multiple Discrete and Continuous Traits
Han Hao, University of North Texas; Xuexia Wang, University of North Texas
2:50 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
A Subregion-Based Burden Test for Simultaneous Identification of Susceptibility Loci and Sub-Regions Within
Bin Zhu, NIH/NCI; Lisa Mirabello, National Institutes of Health; Nilanjan Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University


Incorporating Genetic Network into Case-Control Association Studies with High-Dimensional DNA Methylation Data
Hokeun Sun, Pusan National University


A Two-Stage Microbial Association Mapping Framework with Advanced FDR Control
Jiyuan Hu, New York University School of Medicine; Huilin Li, New York University; Hyunwook Koh, NYU langone medical center; Linchen He, NYU langone medical center; Martin Blaser, New York University School of Medicine


ProxECAT: Proxy External Controls Association Test. a New Case-Control Gene Region Association Test Using Allele Frequencies from Public Controls
Audrey Hendricks, University of Colorado - Denver; Stephen Billups, University of Colorado - Denver; Hamish Pike, University of Colorado-Aschutz Medical Campus; Eleftheria Zeggini, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Stephanie Santorico, University of Colorado - Denver; Inês Barroso, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Josee Dupuis, Boston University School of Public Health


Analysis in Case-Control Sequencing Association Studies with Different Sequencing Depths
Sixing Chen, Harvard University; Xihong Lin, Harvard University
8:35 AM

Genetic Association Testing with Imperfect Phenotypes Derived from Electronic Health Records
Jennifer Sinnott, Ohio State University
8:35 AM

ProxECAT: Proxy External Controls Association Test. a New Case-Control Gene Region Association Test Using Allele Frequencies from Public Controls
Audrey Hendricks, University of Colorado - Denver; Stephen Billups, University of Colorado - Denver; Hamish Pike, University of Colorado-Aschutz Medical Campus; Eleftheria Zeggini, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Stephanie Santorico, University of Colorado - Denver; Inês Barroso, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Josee Dupuis, Boston University School of Public Health
8:40 AM

Testing Nonlinear Gene-Environment Interaction Through Varying Coefficient and Linear Mixed Models
Zhengyang Zhou, Southern Methodist University; Chao Xing, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Hung-Chih Ku, DePaul University
8:50 AM

Genetic Association Analysis of Copy Number Variation via a Bayesian Procedure in Whole Genome Sequencing
Yu-Chung Wei, Feng Chia University, TAIWAN
8:50 AM

Quantifying Association Between Discrete Event Time Series
Christopher Galbraith, University of California, Irvine; Padhraic Smyth, University of California, Irvine; Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine
8:55 AM

Robust Score Tests with Missing Data in Genomics Studies
Kin Yau Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Donglin Zeng, UNC Chapel Hill; Danyu Lin, University of North Carolina
9:20 AM

Patient Satisfaction with Health Care and Its Association with Health Care Utilization Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Chenghui Li; Nasim A Khan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
9:20 AM

Big Data as a Measurement Error Problem
Raymond J. Carroll, Texas A & M University; Ya Su, Texas A&M University; Anirban Bhattacharya, Texas A&M University; Yan Zhang, Johns Hopkins University; Nilanjan Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University
9:25 AM

A Two-Stage Microbial Association Mapping Framework with Advanced FDR Control
Jiyuan Hu, New York University School of Medicine; Huilin Li, New York University; Hyunwook Koh, NYU langone medical center; Linchen He, NYU langone medical center; Martin Blaser, New York University School of Medicine
9:30 AM

Incorporating Genetic Network into Case-Control Association Studies with High-Dimensional DNA Methylation Data
Hokeun Sun, Pusan National University
9:35 AM

Using Gene Genealogies to Localize Rare Variants Associated with Complex Traits in Diploid Populations
Charith Bhagya Karunarathna, Simon Fraser University; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
9:35 AM

Integrating External Controls Improves Power for Genetic Association Testing
Yatong Li, University of Michigan; Seunggeun Lee, University of Michigan
9:50 AM

On 'Reverse' Regression for Testing Association and Allele Frequency Estimation in Complex Pedigree
Lin Zhang, University of Toronto; Lei Sun, University of Toronto
10:50 AM

SMMAT: a Powerful and Efficient Variant Set Mixed Model Association Test for Binary and Quantitative Traits in Whole Genome Sequencing Studies with Correlated Samples
Han Chen, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11:05 AM

Efficient Statistical Methods for Genome-Wide Association Studies with Disease Family History Data
Annie Lee, Columbia University; Baosheng Liang, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.; Donglin Zeng, UNC Chapel Hill; Karen Marder, Columbia University; Yuanjia Wang, Columbia University
11:20 AM

A Family-Informed Phenotype Imputation Approach for Genetic Analyzes
Yuning Chen, Boston University; Gina Marie Peloso, Boston University; Ching-Ti Liu, Boston University; Anita L. DeStefano, Boston University; James B. Meigs, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Josee Dupuis, Boston University School of Public Health
11:50 AM

Genome-Wide Likelihood Ratio Tests Under Heterogeneity with an R Package GLRTH
Xiaoxia Han, Henry Ford Health System; Yongzhao Shao, New York University
12:05 PM

Measuring Association Between Times from Treatment Initiation to Viral Failure and Regimen Change in HIV-Infected Persons
Svetlana K. Eden, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Bryan E Shepherd, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Chun Li, Case Western Reserve University, Institute for Computational Biology
2:25 PM

Variation and Genetic Control of Protein Abundance in Human Tissues
Hua Tang, Stanford Dept. of Genetics
2:45 PM

A Stochastic Second-Order Generalized Estimating Equations Approach for Estimating Association Parameters Under Informative Missingness
Tom Chen; Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard University; Rui Wang, Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare Institute
2:45 PM

A Versatile and Adaptive Multiple Functional Annotations-Based Association Test of Whole-Genome Sequencing Data
Peng Wei, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Yiding Ma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:25 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Thinking Big: Creating Global and Organizational Partnerships to Advance Women in Statistics
Amanda L. Golbeck, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


Robust Kernel Association Test (RobKAT)
Kara Martinez, North Carolina State University


An Improved Estimator for Variance Components in Linear Mixed Model
Kun Yue, University of Washington; Jing Ma, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center; Ali Shojaie, University of Washington


TWO-SIGMA: a Two-Component Generalized Linear Mixed Model for ScRNA-Seq Association Analysis
Eric Van Buren, UNC Chapel Hill; Yun Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ming Hu, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Di Wu, UNC Chapel HIll


Assessing Reproducibility in Genome Wide Association Studies
Dan McGuire, Penn State College of Medicine


Statistical Approaches to Assess Early Life Exposure to Complex Mixtures and Associations with Latent Patterns of Neurodevelopmental Trajectories
Shelley H. Liu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Robert Wright, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Pleiotropy Informed Adaptive Association Test of Multiple Traits Using GWAS Summary Data
Maria Masotti, University of Minnesota ; Baolin Wu, University of Minnesota ; Bin Guo, University of Minnesota
8:50 AM

Statistical Approaches to Assess Early Life Exposure to Complex Mixtures and Associations with Latent Patterns of Neurodevelopmental Trajectories
Shelley H. Liu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Robert Wright, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
8:50 AM

A Unified Framework to Perform Inference for Pleiotropy, Mediation, and Replication in Genetic Association Studies
Ryan Sun, Harvard University; Xihong Lin, Harvard University
9:05 AM

Complex Interaction Modeling with Liquid Association
Ker-Chau Li, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica
9:25 AM

Optimal Estimation of Simultaneous Signals Using Absolute Inner Product with Applications to Integrative Genomics
Rong Ma, University of Pennsylvania; Tianwen Cai, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania; Mark G Low, University of Pennsylvania
10:35 AM

Analysis of Asymmetric Dependence in Contingency Tables: Subcopula-Based Regression Approach
Daeyoung Kim, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Zheng Wei, University of Maine
10:55 AM

Comparisons on Measures of Asymmetric Associations
Tonghui Wang, New Mexico State University; Xiaonan Zhu, New Mexico State University
11:35 AM

Genetic Correlations Between Imaging Traits and Common Diseases
Hongyu Zhao, Yale
2:05 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Predictive Multiple Imputation Models to Facilitate Analyzes of Association Between Contemporaneous Medicaid Enrollment Status and Health Measures Among NHANES Participants
Jennifer Rammon, CDC; Jennifer Parker, CDC/NCHS; Yulei He, CDC/NCHS
9:50 AM

Heritability Informed Power Optimization (HIPO) Leads to Enhanced Detection of Genetic Associations Across Multiple Traits
Guanghao Qi, Johns Hopkins University; Nilanjan Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University
10:35 AM

Variables and Interactions Generation for Logistic Regression Model via TreeNet and Association Rules
Pannapa Changpetch
10:35 AM

A Statistical Framework for Cross-Tissue Transcriptome-Wide Association Analysis
Yiming Hu, Yale University
10:55 AM

Cmenet: a New Method for Bi-Level Variable Selection of Conditional Main Effects
Simon Mak, Georgia Institute of Technology; C. F. Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:05 AM

Semi-Supervised Learning for Joint Association and Classification Analysis of Multimodal Data
Yunfeng Zhang, Texas A&M University; Irina Gaynanova, Texas A&M Univeristy
11:35 AM

A Mixed-Effects Model for Powerful Association Tests in Integrative Functional Genomics
Yu-Ru Su, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Li Hsu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA; Chongzhi Di, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
11:35 AM

Detection of Signal Regions in Whole Genome Genotyping and Sequencing Association Studies Using Scan Statistics
ZILIN LI, Harvard T.H. School of Public Health; Xihong Lin, Harvard University
11:55 AM