Dan Benjamin - Univ. of Southern California

A GWAS Perspective on Social-Science Genomics

    Date:  10/27/2016 (Thu)

    Time:  3:30pm- 5:00pm

    Location:  Seminar will be held on-site: Gross Hall 270

    Organizer:  Laura Satterfield


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    All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.

    9:00am - Jenny Tung

    9:30am - Jenny Tung

   10:00am - Matthew Adler- meeting at Duke Law School room 4192

   10:30am - Dan Belsky

   11:00am - Jasmin Wertz

   11:30am - OPEN

   12:00pm - OPEN

   12:30pm - OPEN

    1:00pm - Jim Berger 221 Old Chem

    1:30pm - Noah Snyder-Mackler

    2:00pm - Angela O'Rand

    2:30pm - Leah Richmond-Raekert

    3:00pm - Seminar Prep

    3:30pm - Seminar Presentation (3:30pm to 5:00pm)

    6:00pm - Dinner-


    Additional Comments:  ABSTRACT: In the past few years, the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC) has been conducting large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analyses of behavioral phenotypes, including educational attainment, subjective well-being (i.e., happiness), and fertility. The results of these projects have confirmed that behavioral phenotypes are more polygenic than even highly polygenic anthropometric and medical phenotypes, such as height and body mass index (BMI). The results have also enabled constructing polygenic scores that can be useful in social-science research, including studies of gene-environment interactions. This talk will provide some background on the SSGAC, review some of the key findings to date, and discuss ongoing work-in-progress.