Session 1:Introduction

Topics Covered

  • Why genetic epidemiology?
  • Why GWAS and RVAS?
  • What we have learned.
  • What remains to be done.
  • Overview of the course

Practical

  • To introduce the Google Colaboratory platform.
  • To introduce participants the importance of Quality Control in the analysis pipeline.
  • To provide participants with the basic practical skills needed to perform QC of GWAS data using plink.