Conference Schedule

Thursday, October 22, 2015
  8:30am - 12:30pmGenome wide genetic risk score construction Workshop
 Benjamin Domingue and Matt McQueen
  12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch
  2:00pm - 2:40pmWealth, Health, and Race
   Cook, JustinThe socioeconomic impact of reducing the infectious disease burden in the US: Evidence using population-level differences in genetic resistance
   Byrd, CarsonBetween (Racial) Groups and a Hard Place: An Exploration of Social Science Approaches to Race and Genetics, 2000-2014
  2:40pm - 4:00pmAssortative Mating, Family, and Fertility
   Verweij, RenskeSex differences in the genetic influence on human childlessness
   Li, YiHistorical trend in Individualized Marriage and Genetic Height Assortative Mating in the United States, 1940-1980
   Chen, LinRisk Perception's Influences on Fertility Behavior- A Genetic Perspective
   Rodgers, JoeLinking Fertility Expectations to Fertility Outcomes Biometrically: Analysis of NLSY79 Completed Fertility Data
  4:00pm - 4:30pmBreak
  4:30pm – 5:30pmKeynote address
   Turkheimer, Eric Weak Genetic Explanation Seventeen Years Later
  5:30pm – 7:00pmPosters and drinks
   Barban, NicolaA meta-analysis GWAS on reproductive behavior
   Barnes, J.C.Estimating the Impact of Genetic Confounding When Genetically Sensitive Data are Unavailable: A New Tool
   Daw, JDFinding a Donor: A Pilot Study of the Kinship and Social Networks of Kidney Transplant Patients
   Domingue, BenChanging Predictive Power of Polygenic Scores over Birth Cohorts in the HRS: Estimation Bias or Gene-by-Environment Effects?
   Geller, AmandaGenetic Sensitivity in Children's Behavioral Responses to Paternal Incarceration
   Hatoum, AlexanderImproving Quasi-Experimental Tests of Internalizing and Externalizing Causality with Genetic Analysis
   King, KatherineNeighborhood and Family Environment of Expectant Mothers May Influence Prenatal Epigenetic Programming of Adult Cancer Risk
   Marcus, StephenBehavioral Genetics Research at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
   McFarland, MichaelSchool Poverty and Overweight Status among Children: A Gene-Environment Interaction Approach
   Rehkopf, DavidUnderstanding the Role of DNA Methylation on Lifespan in a High Longevity Region in Costa Rica
   Tropf, FelixMega-analysis of 31,396 individuals beyond reproductive age unravels strong GxE interaction on human fertility
Friday, October 23, 2015
  8:30am - 9:30amGenes, Environments, and Body size
   Liu, HexuanLifetime Socioeconomic Experiences, Historical Context, and Genetics in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood
   Biroli, PietroGenetic and Economic Interaction in the Formation of Human Capital: The Case of Obesity
   Schmitz, LaurenThe Impact of Late-Career Job Loss and Genotype on Body Mass Index
  9:30am - 10:00amBreak
10:00am - 11:30amEducation, Cognition, and Mental Health
   Marden, JessicaDoes education modify the association between an Alzheimer's disease polygenic risk score and memory decline?
   Harrati, AmalAssessing the Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Dementia Probabilities Using Genetic Risk Scores
   Stocker, ClareParenting and Adolescents' Psychological Adjustment: Longitudinal Moderation by Adolescents' Genetic Sensitivity
   Belsky, DanThe Genetics of Success: How SNPs associated with educational attainment shape the course of lives
11:30am - 1:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 2:30pmEpigenetics, Methods, and Study Design
   Turley, PatrickHeterogeneity of the Health Impact of Education in England and Wales
   Conley, DaltonAssortative Mating on Polygenic Scores
  2:30pm – 3:00pmConclusion