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Keyword Search Criteria: rare variant returned 13 record(s)
Sunday, 07/29/2018
Discrete Principal Component Analysis for Population Stratification
Nedret Billor, Auburn University; Yuan Yuan, Auburn University; Asuman Seda Turkmen, The Ohio State University


Discrete Principal Component Analysis for Population Stratification
Nedret Billor, Auburn University; Yuan Yuan, Auburn University; Asuman Seda Turkmen, The Ohio State University
2:05 PM

Rare Variant Prioritization Using Structure-Supervised Locus-Specific Tests
Jung-Ying Tzeng, North Carolina State University; Rachel Marceau, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
2:45 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
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


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


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

Identifying Individual Risk Rare Variants Using Structure-Guided Local Tests
Rachel Marceau, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University; Daniel Rotroff, North Carolina State University; Michael Wagner, UNC Chapel Hill; John Buse, UNC Chapel Hill; Jung-Ying Tzeng, North Carolina State University; Melaine Kuenemann, North Carolina State University; Denis Fourches, North Carolina State University; Alison Motsinger-Reif, North Carolina State University
9:05 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

Methods and Study Design for Integrating External Controls with Allele Frequencies
Megan Sorenson, University of Colorado Denver; Audrey Hendricks, University of Colorado - Denver
10:05 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 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
Proper Conditional Analysis in the Presence of Missing Data Identified Novel Independently Associated Low Frequency Variants in Nicotine Dependence Genes
Yu Jiang; Dajiang Liu, Penn State College of Medicine
9:50 AM