GEMS Genetic Epidemiology Master of Science

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Graduating Class of Summer 2008
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Tae-Hwi An (Linus)

Research Thesis Topic:

Exploratory CART analysis of BMI: Mining gene-gene interactions and generating hypotheses

Mentor: Ingrid Borecki, Ph.D. and Michael Province, Ph.D.

Faculty Advisor: C. Charles Gu, Ph.D.

Yanan Duan

Research Thesis Topic:

Enhanced association analysis of a candidate region for fitness response to exercise in the HERITAGE Family Study by incorporating HapMap data and genotype imputation

Mentor: C. Charles Gu and Treva Rice

Faculty Advisor: Treva Rice, Ph.D.

Jyh-Ming Juang (Jimmy)

Research Thesis Topic:

Association and Interaction of PPAR-complex Gene Variants with latent Traits of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction

Mentor: Victor Davila-Roman, M.D. , C. Charles Gu, Ph.D. and Lisa de las Fuentes, M.D., M.S.

Faculty Advisor: D.C. Rao, Ph.D.and Phil Miller, A.B.

A.J. Schrage

Research Thesis Topic:

Combining imputation and cross-population analysis to refine and localize a cocaine dependence association signal on Chromosome 15

Mentor: Nancy Saccone, Ph.D.

Faculty Advisor: Chengjie Xiong, Ph.D.

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