- Location
- Zoom Virtual Workshop
- Series/Type
- Community Outreach Event
- Dates
- May 25, 2021 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
The University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre PRS Team will be hosting a Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Best Practices Local Workshop, Tuesday, May 25th ,2021 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
In this workshop, the PRS team will introduce present-day PRS Best Practices. The team will present the construction, assumptions, validation, and calibration of PRS tools, share real-life users FAQ & solutions, along with the team’s perspective on methodological gaps that are limiting the robustness and scope of current PRS applications.
Targeted audience
Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and principal investigators with prior experience with the analysis and interpretation of GWAS studies. No prior experience with PRS is required.
Co-Instructors
The instructors are PIs from the McLaughlin Centre PRS Team; Laurent Briollais, PhD, Vanessa Goncalves, PhD, Andrew Paterson, MB ChB, BSc, Lei Sun, PhD, Linbo Wang, PhD.
In collaboration with; Arun Tiwari MSc, PhD, Clement Zai, PhD, Jennifer Brooks, PhD, Shelley Bull, PhD, France Gagnon, MSc, PhD, Lisa Strug, PhD, Wei Deng, PhD candidate, Delnaz Roshandel MD, PhD, YanYan Zhao, PhD.
Two-tier Registration
1. General Admission will be open to all
2. Admission – Hands-on – This type of admission will allow you to participate in the hands-on exercises and will be limited to 20 participants.
If you are interested in attending please follow the link to register for this event: Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Best Practices Workshop Registration, Tue, 25 May 2021 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite