Section outline

  • Lecture: Introduction: The Big Picture

    The process of genetic epidemiology; general approaches to assess the genetic basis of disease.

    Faculty:  John Witte

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 1 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      (Required Reading to be completed before lecture always.)

      Chapter 1 of Genetic Epidemiology: Methods and Applications, by Melissa A. Austin. CABI, 2013. ISBN: 978-1780641812.

      Books may be purchased either through the publisher or a variety of commercial venues (e.g., Amazon.com), where you can also read the beginning of the first chapter.

    • Assignment:

    • Assignment 1 File

    • Final Exam: Optional narrative description

    • Final Project 2017 File

    • Written Final Project Due Date: Due by noon 3/17 by email to all of Yi-Hsuan Wu <Yi-hsuan.Wu@ucsf.edu>, Thomas Hoffmann <hoffmannt@humgen.ucsf.edu>, and John Witte <wittej@humgen.ucsf.edu>

      Also, Brief Presentation of Project in the Final Class on 3/21