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Sunday, 07/29/2018
Inference of Introgressive Hybridization in Anopheles Mosquito Genomes
Jingxue(Grace) Feng, Simon Fraser University; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Cedric Chauve, Simon Fraser University


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


An Innovative Approach to Identify Biomarker Signatures for Cancer Genetic Data with Survival Endpoints
Ming Wang, Pennsylvania State University; Zheng Li, Penn State Unviersity


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

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

Literature-Guided Integration of Multiple GWAS Results Using Graph-GPA and DDNet
Dongjun Chung, Medical University of South Carolina; Hang J. Kim, University of Cincinnati; Zhenning Yu, Medical University of South Carolina; Andrew B Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina ; Hongyu Zhao, Yale
2:20 PM

Genetic Analysis of High-Dimensional Phenotypes
Michael Philip Epstein, Emory University
2:25 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

Bayesian Inference for Phylogenetic Trees and Networks
Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Shijia Wang, Simon Fraser University; Alexandre Bouchard-Côté, University of British Columbia
2:45 PM

An Innovative Approach to Identify Biomarker Signatures for Cancer Genetic Data with Survival Endpoints
Ming Wang, Pennsylvania State University; Zheng Li, Penn State Unviersity
2:50 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

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

Simulation Study on the Impact of Accuracy of Estimated Genetic Relationship Matrices on Predicting Genotype Performance
MINGZHU SUN, The University of Queensland; Vivi Arief, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND; Ian DeLacy, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND; Kaye Basford, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND; Wen-Hsi Yang, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
3:20 PM

Bayesian Overlapping Group Lasso: An Application in Jointly Modeling Multiple Genetic Pathways with Several Common Genes Between
Sounak Chakraborty, University of Missouri, Columbia
4:05 PM

Data Adaptive Evaluation of Preprocessing Methods Using Ensemble Machine Learning
Rachael Phillips, Biostatistics, UC Berkeley
4:05 PM

De Novo Detection and Accurate Inference of Differentially Methylated Regions
Keegan Korthauer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Sutirtha Chakraborty, Novartis; Yuval Benjamini, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Rafael Irizarry, Harvard University
4:20 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference via Particle Gibbs Sampler with Ancestor Sampling
Shijia Wang, Simon Fraser University; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University


Identifying Epigenetic Regions Exhibiting Critical Windows of Susceptibility to Air Pollution
Michele Zemplenyi, Harvard University; Mark J Meyer, Georgetown University; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health


Integration of Multiple 'Omic Data Types for Screening Disease-Related Gene Sets with Applications in Lung Cancer
Su Hee Chu, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Yen-Tsung Huang, Academia Sinica
8:35 AM

Pleiotropic Effects of Genetic Variants on Aging Traits and Lifespan: Applications of Stochastic Process Models
Konstantin Arbeev, Duke University; Olivia Bagley, Duke University; Fang Fang , Duke University; Hongzhe Duan, Duke University; Ilya Zhbannikov, Duke University; Igor Akushevich, Duke University; Alexander Kulminski, Duke University; Svetlana Ukraintseva, Duke University; Anatoliy Yashin, Duke University
8:35 AM

Sampling Partial Genealogies Using Sequential Importance Sampling
Dongmeng Liu; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
8:50 AM

Comparison of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Methods for Survey Data
John Pleis, National Center for Health Statistics; Donald Malec, National Center for Health Statistics; Rong Wei, National Center for Health Statistics; Vladislav Beresovsky, National Center for Health Statistics; Bill Cai, CDC/NCHS; Te-Ching Chen, CDC/NCHS; Yulei He, CDC/NCHS; Peter Meyer, National Center for Health Statistics; Lyna Schieber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Hee-Choon Shin, CDC/NCHS; Ajay Yesupriya, State University of New York at Albany; Guangyu Zhang, National Center for Health Statistics
9:20 AM

Statistical Inference for Neuroimaging Genetics
Long Feng, Yale University; Xuan Bi, Yale University; Heping Zhang, Yale University School of Public Health
10:35 AM

Likelihood Estimation of Large Species Trees from Multiple Samples Per Species, Using the Coalescent Process
Arindam RoyChoudhury, Cornell University
10:55 AM

A Joint Analysis of Brain Signal, Genetics, and Behavior
Zhaoxia Yu, UCI; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Dustin Pluta, University of California, Irvine; Tong Shen, University of California, Irvine
11:00 AM

Identifying Epigenetic Regions Exhibiting Critical Windows of Susceptibility to Air Pollution
Michele Zemplenyi, Harvard University; Mark J Meyer, Georgetown University; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
11:15 AM

A starless bias in the maximum likelihood phylogenetic methods
Xuhua Xia, University of Ottawa
11:15 AM

Detection of Genetic Trends Related to Ecoclines
Blair Sterba-Boatwright, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Christopher Bird, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
11:20 AM

Bayesian Network Models for Integrating Genetics and Metabolomics Data
Denise Marie Scholtens, Northwestern University; Alan Kuang, Northwestern University
11:25 AM

Beyond Random-Walk MCMC for Bayesian Phylogenetics
Frederick Matsen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
11:35 AM

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

Phylogenomic Inference in the Presence of Gene Flow Using Coalescent Site Pattern Probabilities
Laura Kubatko, Ohio State University; Colby Long, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University
11:55 AM

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

Distinguishing Close Linkage from Pleiotropy in Multiparental Populations
Frederick Boehm, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mark Keller, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Alan Attie, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Brian Yandell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Karl Broman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:05 PM

Structure Learning for Phylogenetic Tree with Quantitative Characters
Chaoyu Yu; Mathias Drton, University of Washington
2:20 PM

Multiethnic Joint Analysis of Marginal SNP Effects
David Conti, University of Southern California; Kan Wang, University of Southern California; Chris Haiman, University of Southern California; Paul Newcombe, MRC Biostatistics Unit
3:05 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Incorporating Genetic Network into Case-Control Association Studies with High-Dimensional DNA Methylation Data
Hokeun Sun, Pusan National University


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

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

Statistical Approaches for Meta-Analysis of Genetic Mutation Prevalence
Margaux Hujoel, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Danielle Braun, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Giovanni Parmigiani , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
10:35 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

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

Semiparametric-Sparse Network Kernel Method for Genetic Pathway Analysis
Byung-Jun Kim, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ.; Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech
2:05 PM

Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Multivariate Processes in Phylodynamics Using Stochastic Differential Equations
James Faulkner, University of Washington; Vladimir N. Minin, University of California, Irvine
2:20 PM

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

Inferring the Impact of Genetic Variation on Regulatory Networks
Sara Mostafavi
2:45 PM

Quantifying Genetic Influences on Physical Activity Among Twins Based on Minute-Level Accelerometry Data Among Twins
Haochang Shou, University of Pennsylvania; Joanne Carpenter, University of Sydney; Kathleen Merikangas, National Institute of Mental Health; Ian Hickie, University of Sydney
2:50 PM

A Smoothed EM-Algorithm for Modeling DNA Methylation Profiles from Bisulfite Sequencing Data
Karim Oualkacha, Universite Du Quebec a Montreal; Celia M.T. Greenwood, Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University; Kaiqiong Zhao, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, and Human Genetics, McGill University; Lajmi Lakhal-Chaieb, Université Laval
3:25 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Assessing Reproducibility in Genome Wide Association Studies
Dan McGuire, Penn State College of Medicine


Single Cell Data Mining of Live Cell Epigenetic Modifications
Chris Bryan


A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Gene Set Enrichment Analysis
Abhay Hukku; Xiaoquan William Wen, University of Michigan; Corbin Quick, University of Michigan


Genetic Analysis of Imaging Data Using Random-Effect Tensor Regression
Tong Shen, University of California, Irvine


Expansion of a stochastic model for assessing CT reinfection risk
Kristin Olson, University of Alabama at Birmingham; William Geisler, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hemant Tiwari, University of Alabama at Birmingham


Identifying and Clustering Stable and Dynamic CpG Sites via Bayesian Analysis
Luhang Han, University of Memphis; Hongmei Zhang, University of Memphis; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis; Wilfried Karmaus, University of Memphis; Hasan Arshad , University of Southampton; John Holloway, University of Southampton


A Novel Blind Start Study Design to Investigate Vestronidase Alfa for Mucopolysaccharidosis VII, an Ultra-Rare Genetic Disease
Wenjie Song, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc; Chao-Yin Chen, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc; Christine Haller, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc; Emil Kakkis, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc


A Novel Blind Start Study Design to Investigate Vestronidase Alfa for Mucopolysaccharidosis VII, an Ultra-Rare Genetic Disease
Wenjie Song, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc; Chao-Yin Chen, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc; Christine Haller, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc; Emil Kakkis, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc
8:40 AM

Identifying and Clustering Stable and Dynamic CpG Sites via Bayesian Analysis
Luhang Han, University of Memphis; Hongmei Zhang, University of Memphis; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis; Wilfried Karmaus, University of Memphis; Hasan Arshad , University of Southampton; John Holloway, University of Southampton
9:05 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

Finite Alphabet Blind Separation
Merle Behr, University of Goettingen; Axel Munk, University of Goettingen; Chris Holmes, University of Oxford
9:15 AM

A Functional Neural Network for Genetic Data Analysis Involving High-Dimensional Multivariate Outcomes
Shan Zhang, Michigan State University; Xiaoxi Shen; Xiaoran Tong, Michigan State University; Qing Lu, Michigan State University
9:20 AM

A New Kernel-Based Method for Multiple-Loci Meta-Analysis
Xiaoran Tong, Michigan State University; Qing Lu, Michigan State University; Xiaoxi Shen
9:35 AM

Sequencing Data, Repeated Measures and Genetic Heritability
Katerina Kechris, Colorado School of Public Health; Brian Vestal, National Jewish Health; Wen Jenny Shi, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Pratyaydipta Rudra, University of Colorado at Denver; Pamela Russell, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Laura Saba, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
9:55 AM

Neural Network with Spline Smoothing and Its Applications to Genetics
Pei Geng, Illinois State University; Shan Zhang, Michigan State University; Qing Lu, Michigan State University
10:05 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

Comparative Methods on Phylogenetic Networks
Claudia Solis-Lemus, Emory University; Cecile Ane, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Paul Bastide, Rega Institute, KU Leuven; Ricardo Kriebel, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William Sparks, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:35 AM

Inferring Non-Bifurcating Phylogenies with the Adaptive Lasso
Vu Dinh, University Of Delaware
10:55 AM

Adaptive Mantel Test for Penalized Inference, with Applications to Imaging Genetics
Dustin Pluta, University of California, Irvine; Tong Shen, University of California, Irvine; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Zhaoxia Yu, University of California, Irvine
10:55 AM

Markov-Modulated Continuous-Time Markov Chains to Identify Site- and Branch-Specific Evolutionary Variation
Guy Baele, KU Leuven
11:15 AM

Integrating Data from GWAS and EQTL by Estimating Genetic Relatedness
Jianqiao Wang, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
11:20 AM

GLMM-Seq: Detection of Population-Based Gene Level Allele-Specific Expression by RNA-Seq
Jiaxin Fan, University of Pennsylvania; Jian Hu, University of Pennsylvania; Muredach Reilly, Columbia University; Rui Xiao, University of Pennsylvania; Mingyao Li, University of Pennsylvania
11:35 AM

Bayesian Nonparametrics for Evolutionary Model Selection
Mandev Gill
11:55 AM

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

Combining (Epi)Genetic and Imaging Data with Multivariate Data-Driven Models
Vince Calhoun, The Mind Research Network & The University of New Mexico
2:30 PM

Testing for Differentially Expressed Genetic Pathways with Single-Subject N-Of-1 Data in the Presence of Inter-Gene Correlation
Alfred Schissler, University of Nevada, Reno; Walter W Piegorsch, University of Arizona; Yves A Lussier, University of Arizona
2:50 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Those Who Escaped Must Be Captured: Deconstructing Phylogenies and Transmission Trees in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Eben Kenah, The Ohio State University School of Public Health
8:55 AM

A Spatial Group Sparse Multi-Task Regression Model for Imaging Genetics
Farouk Nathoo; Yin Song, University of Victoria; Shufei Ge, Simon Fraser University; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University
8:55 AM

Estimation and Comparison of Transmission Trees Using Sequence Data
Michelle Kendall, Oxford University; Caroline Colijn, Simon Fraser University
9:15 AM

Bayesian Bi-Clustering Methods with Applications to Integrative Genomics and Genetics
Jun Liu, Harvard University; Yang Li, Vatic Labs; Jiexing Wu, Google
9:25 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

A Kernel-Based Neural Network for High-Dimensional Genetic Risk Prediction Analysis
Xiaoxi Shen; Xiaoran Tong, Michigan State University; Qing Lu, Michigan State University
11:05 AM

A General Framework for Variable Selection in Linear Mixed Models with Applications to Genetic Studies with Structured Populations
Sahir Rai Bhatnagar, McGill University; Karim Oualkacha, Universite Du Quebec a Montreal; Yi Yang, McGill University; Celia M.T. Greenwood, Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University
12:05 PM