Virtual NORFACE GxE conference (Nov, 2020)
Dates
November 5 - 6, 2020
Location
Virtual Zoom Meeting
Description
Third meeting (online).
Day 1:
- Prof. Michel Nivard
- “The application of Genomic Structural equation models to address selection bias and gene-environment correlation”
- Prof. Hans van Kippersluis
- “Stop meta-analyzing, start instrumenting: Maximizing the predictive power of polygenic scores”
- Prof. Lauren Schmitz
- “Methods for improving the detection and utility of G x E interactions in population data”
- Dilnoza Muslimova
- “Dynamic complementarity in skill production: Evidence from genes and birth order”
- Dr. Fleur Meddens
- “First insights from a GWAS of physical activity on >1 million individuals”
- Prof. Ben Domingue
- “Distinguishing between interaction and dispersion effects in the analysis of gene-environment interaction”
Day 2:
- Getoar Sopa
- “What is the confidence interval of a polygenic score?”
- Fleur Meddens
- “The impact of the polygenic score construction method on the ranking of individuals in the polygenic score distribution”
- Tom Roestenberg
- “Stochastic Frontier Analysis with genetic data”
- Samuel Baker
- “GWAS on lesser notifiable diseases”
- Emil Normark Sorensen
- “Income shocks and mental health”
- Jeremy Vollen
- “Is genetic advantage concentrated among higher socioeconomic status families?” _____