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Advanced Statistical Methods in Neuroimaging and Genetics

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Advanced Training in Statistical Methods

Live 2-Week Course | April 12 - 23, 2027

The focus of this two-week course is to learn advanced statistical methods applied to neuroimaging and genetics, within the context of biomarker discovery. This is not an introductory course, and will teach advanced topics of Bayesian methods in neuroimaging, network science in neuroimaging, statistical genetics, and multi-modal predictive modeling.

Course attendees are expected to already have experience with aspects of neuroimaging analysis and/or genetics. An innovation to our course is the additional 6-month follow-up, where attendees of the course have the opportunity to meet as a group with each lecturer for a 75-minute webinar-based workshop each month. This will allow course attendees to interact with the course faculty well after the two-week period. Additionally, the course attendees will have access to a slack help-line for questions surrounding implementation of methods.

This course is supported by federal funding from the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R25NS117281).

Who should attend?

This course is geared toward individuals early in their research career, typically graduate students, postdoctoral fellow, and very junior faculty. We have also accepted exception undergraduate students. 

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Dates, Application Process, and Cost

To ensure the highest quality of instruction, the course is limited to approximately 25 attendees each year. Because of the limited size, attendance is by application only. In general, applicants must be a US citizen or permanent resident, though we do have the ability to accommodate 1 to 3 individuals that do not meet this criteria.

Course Dates

April 12 - 23, 2027

Location

University Guest House & Conference Center 

110 South Fort Douglas Blvd 
Salt Lake City, UT 84113-5036 
 

Application Deadlines

Priority Deadline
Friday, October 23, 2026
Decisions will be made by Friday, December 11, 2026

Late Deadline
Friday, November 20, 2026
Decisions will be made by Monday, January 4, 2027

Course Cost

In-residence: TBD

There are a limited number of need-based travel awards available

Course Structure

The course will be taught April 12 - 23, 2027. It is structured with theoretical lectures that are paired with hands-on computer practical labs and tutorials. Days start at 8:30 am (US Mountain Time) and are expected to be 7 hours (with breaks). Some days have an additional evening guest lectureship.

 

CONTACT US

If you have questions or need additional information, email our team at neurostats@g.ucla.edu.

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