We are pleased to inform you all that we have received confirmation from Gonçalo Abecasis as our third and final keynote for our symposium!
Dr Abecasis is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. He received his D.Phil. in Human Genetics from the University of Oxford in 2001 and joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in the same year. Dr. Abecasis' research focuses on the development of statistical tools for the identification and study of genetic variants important in human disease. Software developed by Dr. Abecasis at the University of Michigan is used in several hundred gene-mapping projects around the world.
Learn more about Dr. Abecasis here.