Tinbergen Institute organizes an exciting interdisciplinary summer school entitled: ‘Introduction in Genome-Wide Data Analysis’.
The course will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The summer school is taught by Philipp Koellinger and Niels Rietveld, two leading experts in the field.
The goal of the summer school is to introduce researchers from various fields to key concepts, state-of-the-art methods, and computer tools in statistical genetics that can be applied in the social and medical sciences. The course will be highly quantitative and interactive, covering topics such as the estimation and interpretation of heritability using molecular genetic data, genetic association studies, polygenic prediction, and identification strategies to isolate causal effects using genetic insights. It will emphasize methodological issues such as appropriate study design, data integrity, multiple testing, detecting and controlling for potential confounds, as well as factors influencing the accuracy of polygenic scores.
Participants
The summer school welcomes (research) master students, PhD students, post-docs, and professionals from various disciplines (e.g.behavioral genetics, economics, medicine, sociology, political sciences, psychology) who are interested in learning state-of-the art methods for genome-wide data analysis.
The summer school will attempt to “bridge” specific knowledge gaps that participants from different backgrounds may have. Specifically, social scientists will get a short, formal introduction to genetics, while students from medicine or genetics will benefit from the formal treatment of statistical methods and the discussion of how investigating the genetics of social scientific outcomes may lead to medically relevant insights.
Requirements
A formal background in statistics or econometrics is required from students (at the level of a first year course in a graduate school PhD program in economics, psychology, or epidemiology), but no formal background in genetics will be assumed. The course is taught in English and will be accessible to students from both in- and outside the Netherlands.
Course fee
The course fee is € 1.450 euro per participant. There is a reduced fee for PhD and Master Students of € 950. Included in the fee are lunches and coffee/tea during short breaks.
Accommodation costs are not covered by this fee. The TI Summer School will offer housing options upon request. Participants are expected to arrange their own accommodation.
Payments can be done by PayPal and Credit card or via regular bank transfer. Transaction costs of PayPal and credit card payments are at the expense of participants. Any currency conversion costs or other charges incurred in connection with any payments shall be paid by you. Tinbergen Institute will not accept any deduction from the tuition fee in any event. The reception date of the full payment will be considered as the registration date.
Applications now open. The application deadline is May 13, 2016
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://www.tinbergen.nl/tinbergen-institute-summer-school/ti-summer-school-genoeconomics/