Learning objectives

• Investigating the genetic architecture of human complex traits and omics profiles
• Inferring genetic-based causal relationships
• Contrasting computation findings with biological evidence
• Deciphering type 2 diabetes biology

Speaker Bio

Ozvan Bocher is an Assistant Professor at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Brest, France), where she leads research at the intersection of statistical genetics and omics analyses. After earning her PhD in genetic epidemiology under the supervision of Emmanuelle Génin in 2021, she pursued post-doctoral training in Helmholtz Munich with Eleftheria Zeggini, focusing on large-scale genetic and omics analyses, particularly in type 2 diabetes and its comorbidities. Since late 2024, her work in Brest is centered on developing statistical methods to bridge genetics and omics data, with a particular emphasis on the characterization of the microbiome in population-based cohorts.