Novel statistical methods for the analysis of meausred genetic and environmental risk factors in twin studies

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/566944

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Studies on twins are an important way to determine whether the risk of disease is likely to be influenced by genetic factors but have traditionally focussed on unmeasured factors. New epidemiological studies measure thousands of genetic variants on many participants. This project will extend methods for analysing data within and between twin pairs to determine whether risk factors are likely to be causal and therefore should be the subject of further designed studies based on intervention.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $478,314.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Applied Statistics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

breast cancer | epidemiological research methods | epidemiology | genetic epidemiology | genetic polymorphisms | genetic predisposition | risk factors | statistical genetics | twins

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