Sociogenomics workshop 2023 programme
Preliminary progamme
Sociogenomics workshop “Why do genes matter for inequality in mental health and social position?”, September 4-7, 2023, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki
Please note that there may still be changes in the programme.
Day 1 / Monday 4 September (“Introduction course”)
10.15-10.30 Opening words, Maria Vaalavuo, THL and Henrik Dobewall, THL
10.30-12.00 Introduction to sociogenomics, Felix Tropf, ENSAE, and Tobias Wolfram, University of Bielefeld/ENSAE (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
12.00-13.00 Lunch (Ravintola Helmi)
13.00-14.30 Practical session: Creating polygenic scores, Felix Tropf and Tobias Wolfram (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
14.30-14.45 Coffee break (Lobby)
14.45-16.15 Practical session: The naive use of polygenic scores, Felix Tropf and Tobias Wolfram (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
Afterwards mentoring event for junior researchers (Työ2.0) and informal gathering
Day 2 / Tuesday 5 September (Chair: Henrik Dobewall)
9.30-10.15 Keynote 1: “Challenges using polygenic scores”, Felix Tropf (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
10.15-10.30 Coffee break (Lobby)
10.30-11.15 Keynote 2: “Polygenic Prediction”, Tobias Wolfram (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
11.15-11.45 Presentation 1: “Opportunities with INVEST data”, Outi Sirniö, THL and Henri Salokangas, THL (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
11:45-12.15 Presentation 2: “Forming PGS for INVEST data and description of the genetically-informed subsample”, Katri Kantojärvi, THL and Henrik Dobewall (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
12.15-13.15 Lunch (Ravintola Helmi)
13.15-14.00 Keynote 3: “How we should combine family designs and genetic information to study equality of opportunity”, Jani Erola, University of Turku (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
14.00-14.30 Presentation 3: “Benefits of genetic information in research on social development”, Tina Kretschmer, University of Groningen (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
14.30-15.00 Coffee break (Lobby)
15.00-15.30 Presentation 4: “PGS approach upstream in families identifying the effect of children’s education on parental mortality”, Patrick Präg, ENSAE (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
15.30-16.15 Keynote 4: “Causal inference in sociogenomics and different genetically-informed designs”, Perline Demange, Vrjie Universiteit Amsterdam (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
Afterwards sauna and pool at Valo hotel
Day 3 / Wednesday 6 September (Chair: Felix Tropf)
9.30-10.15 Keynote 5: “Recent trends in mendelian randomization (MR) studies”, Eleanor Sanderson, University of Bristol (Room: J1 Sali 1/2)
10.15-10.30 Coffee break (Lobby)
10.30-11.45 Practical session: Performing two sample MR and multivariate MR, Perline Demange and Eleanor Sanderson (Room: J1 Sali 1/2)
11.45-12.45 Lunch (Ravintola Helmi)
12.45-13.15 Presentation 5: “Using genetic nurture for identification in MR design”, Felix Tropf (Room: J1 Sali 1/2)
13.15-13.45 Presentation 6: “Genetic risk for mental health disorders – the moderating role of an adverse childhood environment”, Henrik Dobewall (Room: J1 Sali 1/2)
13.45-14.15 Presentation 7: “Re-theorizing sociogenomics research on the gene-by-family socioeconomic status (GxSES) interaction for educational attainment”, Gaia Ghirardi, European University Institute (Room: J1 Sali 1/2)
14.15-14.45 Coffee break (Lobby)
14.45-15.30 Keynote 6: “Genetic endowments, income trajectories and graduating during a recession”, Andrea Ganna, FIMM / University of Helsinki (Room: J1 Sali 1/2)
Afterwards excursion to Suomenlinna and conference dinner
Day 4 / Thursday 7 September (Chair: Tobias Wolfram)
9.45-10.30 Keynote 7: “Why we need families: From Mendel to sociogenomics”, Rosa Cheesman, University of Oslo (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
10.30-10.45 Coffee break (Lobby)
10.45-11.15 Presentation 8: “Finding the missing environmentality”, Amal Messai, Ensta Paris (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
11.15-11.30 Coffee break (Lobby)
11.30-12.00 Presentation 10: “Socioeconomic research using genetic information in the Young Finns Study”, Petri Böckerman, University of Jyväskylä (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
12.00-13.00 Lunch (Ravintola Helmi)
13.00-13.30 Presentation 11: “Personality genomics and health research with a comprehensive non-redundant item pool - 100 NP”, Uku Vainik, University of Tartu (Room: J1 Sali 2/3)
13.30-15.00 Flash talks and poster presentations: Participants’ ongoing research and research ideas (Host: Otto Honkanen, THL; Room: J1 Sali 2/3, lobby)
Aafterwards final words and festive alcohol-free bubble beverage “lehtikuohu”
