Prior to the course, students will be sent preliminary material that includes basics of statistics and the programming language R.

Here is a preliminary schedule for the five days of teaching:

Session 1A – Introduction and recap of preliminary material.
Session 1B – Basics of GWAS

Session 2A – Bayesian analysis
Session 2B – Traditional heritability analysis

Session 3A – Introduction to polygenic risk scores
Session 3B – SNP-based heritability analysis

Session 4A – Journal club (reading)
Session 4B – Journal club (presenting)

Session 5A – Advanced polygenic risk scores
Session 5B – Practical on material from whole week

After the teaching, students will spend two weeks revising the notes and completing an assignment