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The speaker line-up for the 2014 Conference is being determined now. Please join the conference mailing list by emailing iigc-info@uci.edu to be notified when the speaker line-up is confirmed.

Speakers for the 2013 Conference.

  • Michael Arbib, Ph.D.
    Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science
    University Professor
    Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology
    Director, USC Brain Project
  • Kristi Bigos, Ph.D.
    Lieber Institute For Brain Development
    Maltz Research Laboratories
  • John Blangero, Ph.D.
    Director, AT&T Genomics Computing Center
    Texas Biomedical Research Institute
  • Fred (Rusty) Gage, Ph.D.
    Professor
    Laboratory of Genetics
    Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases
    Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Dan Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.
    Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics
    Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
    UCLA School of Medicine
  • James Kennedy, M.D.
    Psychiatric Neurogenetics Section
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
    Toronto, Ontario
  • Fabio Macciardi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
    University of California, Irvine
  • Steven Potkin, M.D.
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
    University of California, Irvine
  • Andrew Schork, B.S.
    Graduate Student
    Department of Cognitive Science
    University of California, San Diego
  • Nicholas J. Schork, Ph.D.
    Director of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
    The Scripps Translational Science Institute &
    Professor, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
    The Scripps Research Institute
  • Daniel Mueller, M.D.
    Psychiatrist
    Head of Pharmacogenetics Research Clinic
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
    Toronto, Ontario
  • Theo van Erp, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
    University of California, Irvine
  • Aristotle Voineskos, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP(C)
    Assistant Professor
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
    University of Toronto
  • Daniel Weinberger, M.D.
    CEO
    Lieber Institute for Brain Development
    Maltz Research Laboratories

Please read disclosure statement below.

Sixth International Imaging Genetics Conference January 18-19, 2010
Alessandro Bertolino Genetically determined dopamine signaling and risk for schizophrenia
MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bari, Italy
Vince Calhoun Multivariate analyses and simulations of multimodal imaging genetic datasets
PhD, Director, Image Anal. & MRI Res.: The MIND Institute, University of New Mexico
Tyrone Cannon Structural and functional connectivity in imaging genetics studies of schizophrenia.
PhD, Director, Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles
Guia Guffanti Statistical analysis of interaction terms in GWAS: Permutation test methods
PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Trey Ideker Pathway Association: A New Paradigm for GWAS
PhD, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
Peter Kochunov Genetics of cerebral aging as seen from the neuroimaging perspective
PhD, Assistant Professor, Research Imaging Center and Department of Radiology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Arthur Lander Systems Biology: What can it tell us about complex traits?
PhD, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine
Jean-Baptiste Poline Large scale imaging genetics informatics and analyses in Europe
PhD, Neurospin, Institute of Biomedical Imaging, CEA
Steven G. Potkin Imaging genetics analyses of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
MD, Director, Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Irvine
Charles Smith Brain Image penetrance phenotyping in VCP disease an autosomal dominant cause of frontotemporal dementia
MD, Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Kentucky
Daniel Weinberger Biological validation of clinical epistasis
MD, Senior Investigator, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health

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