Book description
This is the second edition of the successful textbook written by the
prize-winning scientist Andreas Ziegler, former President of the German
Chapter of the International Biometric Society, and Inke König, who has
been teaching the subject over many years.
The book gives a comprehensive introduction into the relevant
statistical methods in genetic epidemiology. The second edition is
thoroughly revised, partly rewritten and includes now chapters on
segregation analysis, twin studies and estimation of heritability. The
book is ideally suited for advanced students in epidemiology, genetics,
statistics, bioinformatics and biomathematics.
Like in the first edition the book contains many problems and solutions.
However, it now comes with an optional e-learning course, created by
Friedrich Pahlke and developed to complement the book. Both provide a
unique support tool for teaching the subject.
E-learning Course
After studying statistics and mathematics at the University of Munich
and obtaining his doctoral degree from the University of Dortmund,
Andreas Ziegler received the Johann-Peter-Su?milch-Medal of the German
Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology for his
post-doctoral work on "Model Free Linkage Analysis of Quantitative
Traits" in 1999. In 2004, he was one of the recipients of the
Fritz-Linder-Forum-Award from the German Association for Surgery.
Andreas Ziegler is head of the Institute for Medical Biometry and
Statistics at the University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein in Lubeck, an
acknowledged center of excellence for genetic epidemiological methods.
Currently he is President of the German Region of the International
Biometric Society.
Inke R. Konig studied psychology at the universities of Marburg
(Germany) as a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation and
Dundee (Scotland) with a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD). She has done research work at the Institute of Medical Biometry
and Epidemiology in Marburg and since 2001 at the Institute of Medical
Biometry and Statistics in Lubeck. In 2004, she became vice director of
the latter and also received the Fritz-Linder-Forum-Award from the
German Association for Surgery. Besides holding the certificate
"Biometrics in Medicine", she has collected teaching
experience since 1998 as a lecturer for biomathematics, behavioural
genetics, clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and
evidence-based medicine.
Friedrich Pahlke is Dipl. Inf. at the Institute for Medical Biometry and
Statistics at the University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein in Lubeck. He has
created the e-learning course which is optionally available with the
book.
