Introduction to the statistical analysis of genome-wide association studies

This short course is being organised and run by LongITools partner, the University of Surrey. This in-person edition will run in July 2025 in Ferrara, Italy.

Since 2016, this course has had 12 editions and has trained over 580 scientists from around the globe.

Course Dates: 7th to 11th July 2025

Course Location: University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy – in-person only

Course Leader: Prof Inga Prokopenko

Course Lecturers: Prof Reedik Mägi – course co-leader (Estonia), Prof Krista Fischer (Estonia), Prof Andrew Morris (UK), Prof Inga Prokopenko (UK), Dr Ayse Demirkan (UK)

Attendance fee: (pound sterling) £1,100 academic /£1,300 non-academic rate covering the course registration fee for full-time 5-day teaching and access to the course materials/registration after the course. Lunches and coffee breaks during the course dates are included in the attendance fee.

Deadline for applications: 19th May 2025 at 23.59 (GMT). Deadline for late applications 6th June 2025. Late applications will be considered with £200 increase in fees.

Scholarships: A limited number of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) -funded scholarships are available for young scientists in training from European countries. Preference will be given to ESHG members and researchers from countries which are disadvantaged economically, although scholarships are not limited to these groups. Scholarships will cover the full attendance fee only.

Deadline for scholarship applications: 19th May 2025 at 23.59 (GMT).

More information and how to apply for the course is available on the University of Surrey website.