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ODIN Researcher Pitches: Prof. Doug Speed

Maximizing the clinical benefit of polygenic risk scores

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Time

Tuesday 9 February 2021,  at 10:00 - 10:30

Location

Online MS Teams

I develop methods to analyse SNP data from genome-wide association studies. A particular focus is creating polygenic risk scores for predicting phenotypes (e.g., disease risk) based on an individual's DNA. In particular, I have shown how the accurate of polygenic risk scores can be improved by taking into account the genetic architecture of complex traits. I am very interested in finding out ways these scores can be used to provide clinical benefits. 

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