Workshop 2021 Faculty and Tutors

Day 1 Monday June 7, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Introduction to genomics, biometric model, technical solutions

Lead Faculty: Benjamin M. Neale, Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital

Guest lecturers: Alexander Bloemendal, Broad Institute; Lea K. Davis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Dorret I. Boomsma, Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit; Nicholas G. Martin, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Tutors: Session A

Ben Neale bneale@broadinstitute.org
Michael Neale michael.neale@vcuhealth.org
Tim Poterba tpoterba@broadinstitute.org
Kumar Veerapen veerapen@broadinstitute.org
Michel Nivard m.g.nivard@gmail.com
Daniel Goldstein dgoldste@broadinstitute.org
Jeff Lessem jeff.lessem@colorado.edu

Session B

Ben Neale bneale@broadinstitute.org
Michael Neale michael.neale@vcuhealth.org
Tim Poterba tpoterba@broadinstitute.org
Jeff Lessem jeff.lessem@colorado.edu


Day 2 Tuesday June 8, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: SEM, study design, phenomics

Lead Faculty: Michael C. Neale, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Guest Lecturers: Conor Dolan, University of Amsterdam; Hermina Maes, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics; Michael D. Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Kirkpatrick, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tutors: Session A and Session B

Liz Prom-Wormley elizabeth.prom-wormley@vcuhealth.org
Hermine Maes hermine.maes@vcuhealth.org
Conor Dolan c.v.dolan@vu.nl
Dorret Boomsma di.boomsma@vu.nl
Rob Kirkpatrick robert.kirkpatrick@vcuhealth.org
Sophie van der Sluis s.vander.sluis@vu.nl
Joshua Pritikin jpritikin@pobox.com


Day 3 Wednesday June 9, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Quality Control and GWAS

Lead Faculty: Lucía Colodro-Conde & Katrina L. Grasby, Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR)

Tutors: Session A

Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne baptiste.couvyduchesne@gmail.com
Brad Verhulst verhulst@tamu.edu
Alex Hatoum ashatoum@wustl.edu
Margherita Malanchini m.malanchini@qmul.ac.uk
Liz Prom-Wormley elizabeth.prom-wormley@vcuhealth.org
Abdel Abdellaoui a.abdellaoui@amsterdamumc.nl

Session B

Daniel Hwang d.hwang@uq.edu.au
Adrian Campos Adrian.Campos@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Jose Morosoli Jose.MorosoliGarcia@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Gunn-Helen Moen g.moen@uq.edu.au
Jodie Painter Jodie.Painter@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Loic Yengo l.yengo@imb.uq.edu.au


Day 4 Thursday June 10, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Heritability and GCTA

Lead Faculty: Loic Yengo, University of Queensland, Australia

Guest Lecturer: Hilary K. Finucane, Broad Institute

Tutors: Sessions A and B

Pierrick Wainschtein p.wainschtein@imb.uq.edu.au
Valentin Hivert v.hivert@imb.uq.edu.au
Julia Sidorenko j.sidorenko@imb.uq.edu.au
Yuanxiang Zhang yuanxiang.zhang@uq.edu.au
Steven Gazal gazal@usc.edu
Zhihong Zhu z.zhu@econ.au.dk


Day 5 Friday June 11, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Meta-analysis and PRS

Lead Faculty: Sarah E. Medland, Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR), Australia

Guest Lecturer: Adrian Campos, Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR), Australia

Tutors: Session A

Adrian Campos Adrian.Campos@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Jose Morosoli Jose.MorosoliGarcia@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Katrina Grasby Katrina.Grasby@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Liz Prom-Wormley elizabeth.prom-wormley@vcuhealth.org

Session B

Adrian Campos Adrian.Campos@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Jose Morosoli Jose.MorosoliGarcia@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Katrina Grasby Katrina.Grasby@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Lucía Colodro Conde Lucia.ColodroConde@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Jodie Painter Jodie.Painter@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Gunn-Helen Moen g.moen@uq.edu.au


Day 6 Monday June 14, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: GenomicSEM

Lead Faculty: Michel G. Nivard, VU Amsterdam, & Andrew D. Grotzinger, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder (from 08-21)

Tutors: Session A

Perline Demange p.a.d.demange@vu.nl
Javier de la Fuente j.delafuente@utexas.edu
Mark Adams mark.adams@ed.ac.uk
Margherita Malanchini m.malanchini@qmul.ac.uk
Andrea Allegrini andrea.allegrini@kcl.ac.uk
Jackson Thorp Jackson.Thorp@qimrberghofer.edu.au

Session B

Perline Demange p.a.d.demange@vu.nl
Javier de la Fuente j.delafuente@utexas.edu
Travis Mallard travis.mallard@utexas.edu
Andrea Allegrini andrea.allegrini@kcl.ac.uk
Jackson Thorp Jackson.Thorp@qimrberghofer.edu.au


Day 7 Tuesday June 15, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Causal modeling and Mendelian Randomization

Lead Faculty: David M. Evans, Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia

Tutors: Session A

Rebecca Richmond Rebecca.Richmond@bristol.ac.uk
Tom Bond tom.bond@bristol.ac.uk
Laurence Howe laurence.howe@bristol.ac.uk
Emma Anderson Emma.Louise.Anderson@bristol.ac.uk
Kaitlin Wade Kaitlin.Wade@bristol.ac.uk

Session B

Enda Byrne e.byrne@imb.uq.edu.au
Daniel Hwang d.hwang@uq.edu.au
Gunn-Helen Moen g.moen@uq.edu.au
Jodie Painter Jodie.Painter@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Nicole Warrington n.warrington@uq.edu.au


Day 8 Wednesday June 16, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Sequencing and Introduction to Hail

Lead Faculty: Kumar Veerapen, Broad Institute

Tutors: Session A

Kumar Veerapen veerapen@broadinstitute.org
Tim Po terba tpoterba@broadinstitute.org
Carolin Diaz carolin@broadinstitute.org
Cotton Seed cseed@broadinstitute.org
Dan Howrigan howrigan@atgu.mgh.harvard.edu
John Compitello johnc@broadinstitute.org

Session B

Kumar Veerapen veerapen@broadinstitute.org
Tim Poterba tpoterba@broadinstitute.org
Carolin Diaz carolin@broadinstitute.org
Cotton Seed cseed@broadinstitute.org
Dan Howrigan howrigan@atgu.mgh.harvard.edu
Dan Goldstein dgoldste@broadinstitute.org


Day 9 Thursday June 17, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Rare and SAIGE

Lead Faculty: Wei Zhou, Broad Institute

Guest Lecturers: Rounak Dey, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Zhangchen Zhao, University of Michigan

Tutors: Session A and B

Dan Howrigan howrigan@atgu.mgh.harvard.edu
Wei Zhou wzhou@broadinstitute.org
Zhangchen Zhao zczhao@umich.edu
Tetyana Zayats tzayats@broadinstitute.org
Kristin Tsuo ktsuo@broadinstitute.org
Brooke Wolford bwolford@umich.edu


Day 10 Friday June 18, 2021 (GMT)

Topic: Pathway and gene-based analyses

Lead Faculty: Danielle Posthuma, VU and VU Medical Center, Amsterdam

Tutors: Session A

Mats Nagel m.nagel@vu.nl
Douglas Wightman d.p.wightman@vu.nl
Kristen Kelly k.m.kelly@vu.nl
Christiaan de Leeuw c.a.de.leeuw@vu.nl
Elleke Tissink e.p.tissink@vu.nl
Emil Uffelmann e.uffelmann@vu.nl

Session B

Mats Nagel m.nagel@vu.nl
Douglas Wightman d.p.wightman@vu.nl
Kristen Kelly k.m.kelly@vu.nl
Christiaan de Leeuw c.a.de.leeuw@vu.nl
Emil Uffelmann e.uffelmann@vu.nl
Nathan Bell n.y.bell@student.vu.nl