STAGE ISSS: Michael Boehnke

Join us for the next instalment of the STAGE International Speaker Seminar Series (ISSS) with

Michael Boehnke

Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health, University of Michigan

Talk Title:

Identifying Genes for Type 2 Diabetes and Related Traits by Genome-Wide
Association and Sequencing Studies

Abstract:

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Speaker Profile:

Michael Boehnke is the Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics and Director of the University of Michigan Center for Statistical Genetics and Genome Science Training Program. He completed his Ph.D. in Biomathematics at UCLA in 1983 with a specialty in human genetics and has been on the faculty at Michigan since 1984. Dr. Boehnke’s research focuses on development and application of statistical designs and analysis methods for human genetics, with emphasis on human gene mapping and identification of genetic variants that predispose to common human diseases and traits. He is lead principal investigator of the Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) study of the genetics of type 2 diabetes. He is a founder and co-leader of multiple disease and trait mapping consortia including DIAGRAM (type 2 diabetes), GIANT (anthropometrics), MAGIC (glucose and insulin), and GLGC (lipids). Dr. Boehnke is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and a fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a past winner of the 1993 Snedecor Award for the outstanding publication in biometry and of the Outstanding Research Award from the University of Michigan School of Public Health

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