Heritable Factors and Complex Diseases: Using Genetic Epidemiology to Draw Inferences about Nutrition-disease Relationships

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Sunday, April 03, 2016
3:00 PM–5:00 PM

Chairs

Katarzyna Kordas, PhD, University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine
Amy E. Millen, PhD, University at Buffalo, Dept. of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Presentations

Observational Studies in Nutrition: Limitations & Need for Alternatives.
Katarzyna Kordas, PhD, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Genes and Nutrition in the Post-GWAS Era.
Heather M Ochs-Balcom, PhD, University at Buffalo SUNY

Mendelian Randomization: Principles and Applications in Nutritional Sciences.
Corinne D. Engelman, MSPH, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Limitations to Mendelian Randomization: Threats to Causal Inference and Ways to Overcome Them.
Neil Davies, PhD, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

What Can Epigenomie-wide Assocation Studies (EWAS) Tell Us About the Link between Nutrition and Health?
Matthew Suderman, PhD, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom