Research Seminar and Journal Club

The Statistical Methods for Genetics and Genomics (SMGG) is a one-hour Research Seminar/Journal Club, held 2-3 times per month, September through May with faculty and trainee participation.

Each seminar session is followed by a one-hour informal discussion in the same location.

Co-ordinated with the International Speaker Seminar Series and organized as part of the STAGE Program.

 

Unless otherwise indicated:10:00 am – 12:00 pm Fridays
SeminarOne-hour starting at 10:00 am
Informal DiscussionUp to one hour starting at 11:00 am
Additional Information

Please direct inquiries, suggestions for topics, and requests to the Co-organizers:

Dr. Shelley Bull, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, shelley.bull@utoronto.ca
Dr. Andrew Paterson, The Hospital for Sick Children, andrew.paterson@utoronto.ca

Credit/Auditing Requests

UofT graduate students/post-doctoral fellows interested in obtaining a course credit/audit for their participation in SMGG can enrol in course CHL5228H.

See the timetable and course description at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

AnnouncementsDetails distributed by weekly email. To be added to the distribution list, please email Czarinah: cpisec@lunenfeld.ca

Regional Dates

  • British Columbia: May 1, 2026 (Friday)
  • Quebec: May 8, 2026 (Friday)
    Session Title: Ancestral recombination graphs (ARG) for mixed-model analysis of complex traits
    Presenters:
    Juliano Malizia
    , PhD student, co-supervised by Professors Sirui Zhou and Claude Bhérer, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University

    Alejandro Meija Garcia, PhD student, co-supervised by Professors Sirui Zhou and Adil Harroud, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University

    In Person Address:
    Room 210/11
    McIntyre Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler

    700 University Avenue

    Montreal, Quebec

    Cell-genomics - Cell Press Journal
    Volume 6, Issue 2101072 February 11, 2026
    Title: Leveraging ancestral recombination graphs for scalable mixed-model analysis of complex traits

    Host: Claude Bhérer PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
    Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Program in Genomic Medicine, STAGE Québec,
    Montréal, Québec

  • Prairies: June 16, 2026 (Tuesday)
  • Atlantic: June 18, 2026 (Thursday)

Fall Term: See here

Winter Term: See here

Course syllabus: See here

Seminar Schedule and Details: See here.

Fall Term: See here

Winter Term: See here

Seminar Schedule and Details: See here

Journal Club Committee Membership

Please see the list of committee members here

Schedules, Locations, and Topics of Discussion by Academic Year
Frequently Asked Questions:

Attendance at the seminar “Statistical Methods for Genetics & Genomics – Research Seminar and Journal Club” is open. Scholars working in genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics, and related areas are welcome to attend. As well as the local University of Toronto community, we have attendees from across Canada and beyond, including faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students.

The organizers, Drs. Bull and Paterson, circulate suggestions for journal club papers and call an organizational meeting in September to discuss potential topics of interest to the group for the academic year, and develop a syllabus/schedule for presentations from faculty and trainees. Priority for presentations is given to graduate students who are attending the seminar for U of T graduate course credit, and to fellows of the CANSSI STAGE training program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics.