Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology

Seminar Series

Fridays 12:30-1:30 in the EPI Library (Kresge 907)

The Spring 2012 PMAGE Seminar Series will be held the following Fridays at 12:30 PM in the Epi Library (Kresge 907). If you would like to see more information on topics from previous years, please visit our Past PMAGE Seminars page.

Date	Speaker
January 27th	Dr. Elizabeth Hoge HMS-Psychiatry, Assistant Professor "Mindfulness Meditation: Stress and Health"
February 3rd	Internal PMAGE Lab Group meeting
February 10th	Amit Joshi *HSPH-Epidemiology, Postdoctoral Fellow* *"Relative excess risk due to interactions between GWAS identified susceptibility loci and risk factors of breast cancer"*
February 17th	Noah Zaitlen HSPH-Epidemiology, Postdoctoral Fellow *"Richer models of human diseases and their genetic architectures"*
February 24th	Gaurav Bhatia *HSPH-Epidemiology, Doctoral Student* *"Augmenting heritability estimates by analyzing haplotypes"*
March 2nd	Internal PMAGE Lab Group meeting
March 9th	Dr. Josee Dupuis Boston University- Professor of Biostatistics "Network-guided sparse regression modeling for detecting gene-gene interactions"
March 23rd	Dr. Jorge Chavarro *HSPH-Epidemiology and Nutrition, Assistant Professor* *HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine* *"Epidemiologic studies of human fertility: current directions and opportunities"*
March 30th	Dr. Heather Eliassen HSPH-Epidemiology, Assistant Professor *"Nuts and Bolts of the NHS/HPFS Blood Lab"*
April 6th	Internal PMAGE Lab Group meeting
April 13th	Alkes Price HSPH-Epidemiology, Assistant Professor "Tantalizing Dilemmas in Genetic Risk Prediction"
April 20th	Alexander Gusev *HSPH-Epidemiology, Postdoctoral Fellow* *"Quantifying Recent Variation and Relatedness in Human Populations"*
April 27th TODAY FROM 12:30-3:00 PM in FXB-G12	Special PMAGE Seminar on Mendelian Randomization Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen HSPH-Epidemiology, Associate Professor "Some Methodological Considerations in Mendelian Randomization Studies" Tyler Vanderweele HSPH-Epidemiology, Associate Professor "Power and Instrument Strength Requirements for Mendelian Randomization Studies Using Multiple Genetic Variants" Stefan Walter HSPH-Society, Human Development, and Health Research Fellow "Genetic Instrumental Variables from Polygenic Scoring" Marilyn Cornelis HSPH-Nutrition, Research Associate "Genetic Determinants of Caffeine Intake: Instrumental Variables or Effect Modifiers?" Lu Qi HSPH-Nutrition, Assistant Professor "Lipoprotein(a) and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: An Application of MR Analysis"
May 4th	Internal PMAGE Lab Group meeting
May 11th *Today's seminar will be in Building 2 Room 426*	Erin Dunn, ScD, MPH Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopment Genetics Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Human Genetic Research
**Tuesday, May 15th, 12:30-1:30 FXB G-03	Noah Zaitlen HSPH-Epidemiology, Postdoctoral Fellow