Statistical Methods for Large Genomics Studies

Thu, Aug 8, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

Sikta Das AdhikariChair

Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics

7 Presentations

Bi-dimensional Augmented Reduced Rank Regression for Multi-View Multi-Cohort Data

8:35 AM - 8:50 AM

Jiuzhou Wang (University of Minnesota)

Co-authors: Eric Lock (University of Minnesota)

Dimension reduction of SNP-SNP interactions for predicting complex traits

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Hui-Yi Lin (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center)

Co-authors: Harun OR Rashid Mazumder (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center), Indrani Sarkar (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center)

GAUSS: A comprehensive R package for re-analyzing large multi-ethnic GWAS summary statistics

9:05 AM - 9:20 AM

Donghyung Lee (Miami University)

Co-authors: Silviu-Alin Bacanu

Integrating and Harmonizing Genomic Data Across Institutions: Unlocking its Potential

9:20 AM - 9:35 AM

Yuan Chen (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Co-authors: Ronglai Shen (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Xiwen Feng, Katherine Panageas (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)

Modified Tests for Contingency Tables with Applications in Population Genetics

9:35 AM - 9:50 AM

Andreas Futschik (JKU Linz)

Co-authors: Haoyu Chen (JKU Linz), Marta Pelizzola (Aarhus University)

Optimal Detection of the Number of Spikes with Application to Genetic Association Testing

9:50 AM - 10:05 AM

Madhav Sankaranarayanan

Co-authors: Rajarshi Mukherjee, Soumendu Mukherjee (Indian Statistical Institute)

Predictive modeling in high-dimensional mammalian DNA methylation data

10:05 AM - 10:20 AM

Caesar Li (Johnson & Johnson)

Co-authors: Amin Haghani (Altos Labs, San Diego, CA, USA), Qi Yan (Altos Labs, San Diego, CA, USA), Ake Lu (Department of Human Genetics, UCLA), Joshua Zhang (Dept. of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles), Fei Zhe (Dept. of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles), Jason Ernst (Dept. of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles), William Yang (Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles), Vadim Gladyshev (Dept. of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School), Andrei Seluanov (Depts. of Biology and Medicine, University of Rochester), Vera Gorbunova (Depts. of Biology and Medicine, University of Rochester), Steve Horvath (UCLA School of Medicine)