Stat 8750.03: Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics Reading Group
Autumn 2025

Time: Thursdays 4:00-5:00 PM; Place: CH440 Conference Room

For further information about this semester's reading group, please contact Shili Lin.

• Thursday, September 11, 2025
  Discussion Leader: Shili Lin
  Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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• Thursday, September 25, 2025
  Discussion Leader: Emerson Webb
  Pharmacogenomics polygenic risk score for drug response prediction using PRS-PGx methods
  
  
  
• Thursday, October 9, 2025
  Discussion Leader: Meng Wang
  Comprehensive tissue deconvolution of cell-free DNA by deep learning for disease diagnosis and monitoring
  
  
  
• Thursday, October 23, 2025
  Discussion Leader: Arnab Auddy
  Estimation of Direct and Indirect Polygenic Effects and Gene-Environment Interactions using Polygenic Scores in Case-Parent Trio Studies
  
  
  
• Thursday, November 6, 2025
  Discussion Leader: Sagnik Nandy
  Non-linear machine learning models incorporating SNPs and PRS improve polygenic prediction in diverse human populations
  
  
  
• Thursday, November 20, 2025
  Discussion Leader: Sang Wan Lee
  Integrative polygenic risk score improves the prediction accuracy of complex traits and diseases
  
  
  
• Thursday, December 4, 2025
  Discussion Leaders: Asu Turkmen
  Adjusting for common variant polygenic scores improves yield in rare variant association analyses