Welcome to the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC).

The SSGAC is a cooperative enterprise among medical researchers and social scientists that coordinates genetic association studies for social science outcomes and provides a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilization of ideas. The SSGAC also tries to promote the collection of harmonized and well-measured phenotypes.

Click here to learn about the 2018 Polygenic Prediction and its Application in Social Science Conference

Announcing: Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics, 2021

Current Initiatives

The SSGAC is currently conducting large-scale   GWAS meta-analyses of the following outcomes:

  • Educational attainment (4th phase).

  • Risk Tolerance

  • Fertility

 

Please contact us if you are interested in joining these initiatives.

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SSGAC in the News

"Many Genes Play a Role in Educational Attainment, Enormous Genetic Study Finds"

The New York Times. July 23, 2018

 

"Why Study the Genetics of Staying in School?"  

The Atlantic. July 23, 2018.

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Data

To locate and download summary data from past studies of the SSGAC, click the link below. 

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