Chapter 1
Introduction

Chapter 2
Disease Association Studies
2.1 Disease Association Studies Data
2.2 History of Disease Association Studies
2.3 Categorization of Disease Association Studies
2.4 Standard Statistical Approaches for Disease Association Identification

Chapter 3
Challenges in Disease Association Studies
3.1 Missing Heritability
3.2 Shortcomings of Traditional Statistical Testing
3.3 Inter-Population Applicability
3.4 Replication Issues

Chapter 4
Modifications to Current Techniques in Disease Association Studies
4.1 GWAS Data
4.2 Preprocessing of GWAS Data for Dimension Reduction
4.3 Significance Evaluation
4.4 Association Discovery Techniques

Chapter 5
Integrative Approaches for Disease Association Studies
5.1 Meta-Analyses
5.2 Pathway Analysis
5.3 Interaction and Function Information
5.4 Gene Expression Analyses

Chapter 6
Conclusion and Future Work