2nd Annual Conference for
Polygenic Prediction and its Application in Social Science
Sponsored by the University of Chicago's Human Capital and Economic Opportunity (HCEO) network.
Center for Economic and Social Research
University of Southern California
Nov 30 and Dec 1, 2018 (Vineyard Room)
Click on the blue links below to watch recorded conference talks.
Friday, November 30, 2018
8:45-9:00 AM
Welcome & Introduction
(Organizers)
Titus Galama, CESR, USC
Dan Benjamin, CESR, USC
David Cesarini, New York University
9:00-9:15 AM
9:15-9:30 AM
9:30-9:45 AM
9:45-10:00 AM
Polygenic Scores in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Polygenic Scores in Add Health
Polygenic Scores in the Health and Retirement Study
Discussion
Jeremy Freese, Stanford University
Kathie Harris, Univeristy of North Carolina-Chapel HIll
Jessica Faul, Univerity of Michigan
All
Break (10:00-10:15 AM)
SESSION 2: NEW GWAS AND POLYGENIC SCORES
10:15-10:35 AM
10:35-10:55 AM
10:55-11:15 AM
New GWAS of Smoking and Alcohol
New GWAS of Various Phenotypes and a Repository for Polygenic Scores
Discussion
Robbee Wedow, Broad Institute
Aysu Okbay, Vrije Universiteit
All
11:30-11:50 AM
11:50-12:10 PM
12:10-12:30 PM
Alex Young, Oxford University
Loic Yengo, University of Queensland
All
1:30-1:50 PM
1:50-2:10 PM
2:10-2:30 PM
Genomic Structural Equation Modeling
Transferability of Polygenic Prediction Across Ancestry Groups
Discussion
Eliott Tucker-Drob, University Texas-Austin
Alicia Martin, Harvard-MIT Broad Institute
All
Break (2:30-2:45 PM)
SESSION 5: RESPONSIBLE COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE GENOMICS
2:45-2:50 PM
2:50-3:10 PM
3:10-3:30 PM
3:30–3:50 PM
3:50–4:05PM
Introductory Remarks
The Challenge of Giving Genes Their Due—But Not More
Adversarial Collaboration in the Context of an Ugly History and an Uncertain Future
Reframing the Conversation Around Polygenic Scores and Racial Differences
Discussion
Michelle Meyer, Geisinger Health Systems
Erik Parens, The Hastings Center
Daphne Martschenko, Cambridge University
Aaron Panofsky, UCLA
All
Break (4:05-4:20 PM)
SESSION 6: PANEL DISCUSSION
9:00-9:20 AM
9:20-9:40 AM
9:40-10:00 AM
Schools as Moderators of Genetic Associations
The vPGS: A Better way to model GxE?
Discussion
Ben Domingue, Stanford University
Dalton Conley, Princeton
All
Break (10:00-10:15 AM)
SESSION 8: PLENARY TALK
10:15-11:15 AM
Peter Visscher, University of Queensland
Break (11:15–11:30AM)
SESSION 9: OPEN DISUCSSION
Lunch (12:30-1:30 PM)