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Advanced Population & Med Genetics
EPI 511

Course Information

Description

Course Description
This course will cover quantitative topics in human population genetics and applications to medical genetics, including the HapMap project, linkage disequilibrium, population structure and stratification, population admixture, admixture mapping, and natural selection. The course is aimed at Epidemiology and Biostatistics students with a strong interest in statistical genetics, and is included in the Biostatistics Advanced Doctoral Core and Biostatistics Masters core. The course will emphasize hands-on analysis of large empirical data sets, thus requiring prior experience with a general-purpose high-level programming language such as Python or PERL. After taking this course, each student will have the experience and skills to develop and apply statistical methods to population genetic data.

Course Prerequisite(s)
Prerequisites: BST273 (or equivalent programming experience in Python or PERL), and (BST227 or EPI293 or EPI507); may not be taken concurrently.

Students outside of HSPH must request instructor permission to enroll in this course.

School Harvard Chan School
Credits 5
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Department Epidemiology
Course Component Lecture
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HSPH Student Option (Audit, Ordinal, Pass/Fail)
Course Requirements Pre-requisites: BST273 (or equivalent programming experience in Python or PERL), and (BST227 or EPI293 or EPI507); may not be taken concurrently. Students outside of HSPH must request instructor permission to enroll in this course.