Biosocial Methods Collaborative
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RCGD Seminar Series: Michael Neale
April 13, 2015 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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, 426 Thompson, Ann Arbor, MI United States
Speaker: Dr. Michael Neale
Title: Optimizing measurement and analysis of complex traits
Description:
Complex traits such as drug abuse and psychiatric disorders typically have many causes and risk factors. These risk factors may be quantitative or qualitative, and their effects may be detected in the distributions of the traits, similar to the way that cosmologists detect exoplanets or solar systems.
Recommended reading:
Neale, M.C., Aggen, S. H., Maes, H. H., Kubarych, T. S., and Schmitt, J. E. (2006). Methodological issues in the assessment of substance use phenotypes. Addictive behaviors, 31(6):101034