Welcome to the 50th annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association and the BGA’s first cyber meeting.

https://vimeo.com/432656792

The meeting took place over a 24 hour period to accommodate members and attendees in Asia, Europe, and the Americas and everywhere in between. The conference begins in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, June 26 at 9:00 A.M. (Brisbane time) which is Thursday, June 25, midnight in London and Thursday, June 25, 7:00 P.M. in New York.

Please note that the talks were recorded, and are now viewable by clicking the session numbers in the table below. This will take you to a video recording of that session. You will need to use the password included in your registration email (the same one as used to access poster presentations).

All links to abstracts have been disabled, they are published in the journal Behavior Genetics.

https://vimeo.com/433615903Brisbane	London	New York	Presenter	Title
				Session 1
Fri 09:00	Fri 24:00	Thu 19:00		Introduction
Fri 09:05	Fri 00:05	Thu 19:05	Jared V. Balbona	The Nature of Nurture Revisited Estimating the Effect of Vertical Transmission using Structural Equation Modeling
Fri 09:25	Fri 00:25	Thu 19:25	Yongkang Kim	Nature of Nurture Analysis via Structural Equation Modeling
Fri 09:45	Fri 00:45	Thu 19:45	Scott Allen Funkhouser	Investigating Heterogenous Genetic Effects Contributing to Smoking Behavior using the UK Biobank
Fri 10:05	Fri 01:05	Thu 20:05	Maya Rieselbach	Anxiety-Specific Influences on Substance Use Evidence of a Protective Effect in Adolescence and a Risk Factor in Adulthood
Fri 10:25	Fri 01:25	Thu 20:25	Sarah Colbert	Differential Shared Genetic Influences of Anxiety with Problematic Alcohol Use Compared to Alcohol Consumption.
Fri 10:45	Fri 01:45	Thu 20:45	Jarrod M Ellingson	Do Modifiable Risk Factors Moderate the Effect of APOE on Cognitive Decline?
Fri 11:00	Fri 02:00	Thu 21:00		Break
				Session 2
Fri 11:20	Fri 02:20	Thu 21:20	Emmanuel Sapin	Novel Approach for Parallelizing Pairwise Comparison Problems as Applied to Detecting Segments Identical By Decent in UK BioBank
Fri 11:40	Fri 02:40	Thu 21:40	Benjamin Domingue	Heteroscedastic Regression Modeling Elucidates Gene-by-Environment Interaction
Fri 12:00	Fri 03:00	Thu 22:00	Tina Vo	Testing for Moderation of Mid-Life Cognitive Performance by Sleep Duration
Fri 12:20	Fri 03:20	Thu 22:20	Susan S. Kuo	Cortical Thickness and Cortical Surface Area Show Differing Genetic Relationships with Schizophrenia across Development A Multiplex Extended Pedigree Study
Fri 12:40	Fri 03:40	Thu 22:40	Jodie N Painter	Modifiable Risk Factors and Miscarriage a Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Fri 13:00	Fri 04:00	Thu 23:00	Gunn-Helen Moen	Do Maternal Intrauterine Environmental Influences that Lower Offspring Birthweight Causally increase Offspring Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Later Life? A Mendelian Randomization Study of 45,849 Genotyped Parent Offspring Pairs in the HUNT Study using the OpenMx Software
Fri 13:20	Fri 04:20	Thu 23:20		Break
				Session 3
Fri 13:40	Fri 04:40	Thu 23:40	Penelope A. Lind	Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Disordered Gambling and the Influence of Genetics Risk of Gambling on Substance Use
Fri 14:00	Fri 05:00	Fri 24:00	Brittany Mitchell	Exploring the Genetic Overlap Underlying Alzheimer’s Disease and Hearing Loss
Fri 14:20	Fri 05:20	Fri 00:20	Jackson Thorp	Symptom-Level Genetic Modelling Identifies Novel Risk Loci and Unravels the Shared Genetic Architecture of Anxiety and Depression
Fri 14:40	Fri 05:40	Fri 00:40	Hyeokmoon Kweon	Genetic Fortune Winning or Losing Education, Income, and Health
Fri 15:00	Fri 06:00	Fri 01:00	Mischa Lundberg	Genetic, Lifestyle, and Environmental Risk Factors for Chronic Pain Revealed through GWAS
Fri 15:20	Fri 06:20	Fri 01:20	Jose J. Morosoli	Would You Like to Know? The Relationship between Aversion towards Ambiguity and Extreme Worry about Finding Out Your Own Genetic Predisposition for Mental Health Problems.
Fri 15:40	Fri 06:40	Fri 01:40		Break
				Session 4
Fri 16:00	Fri 07:00	Fri 02:00	Eric A.W. Slob	Multivariate GREML Analysis Reveals Shared Genetic Architecture between Brain Regions and Behavioral Traits
Fri 16:20	Fri 07:20	Fri 02:20	Veera M. Rajagopal	Polygenic Prediction of School Performance in Individuals With and Without Psychiatric Disorders
Fri 16:40	Fri 07:40	Fri 02:40	Bodine Gonggrijp	Assortative Mating for Educational Attainment in Finnish and Dutch Twins and Their Spouses
Fri 17:00	Fri 08:00	Fri 03:00	Ida M. Mueller	Genetics, Parenting and Family Functioning – What Drives the Development of Self-Regulation from Adolescence to Adulthood?
Fri 17:20	Fri 08:20	Fri 03:20	Camiel van der Laan	Continuity of Polygenetic Influences on Aggressive Behavior across the Life Course
Fri 17:40	Fri 08:40	Fri 03:40	Margot van de Weijer	Dissecting Genetic from Environmental Associations for Well-Being
Fri 18:00	Fri 09:00	Fri 04:00	Lianne de Vries	Genetic Evidence for the Overlap and Bidirectional Effects between Resilience and Well-Being.
Fri 18:20	Fri 09:20	Fri 04:20	Zeynep Nas	Associations Between Anxiety Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life A Population-Based Twin Study in Sri Lanka
Fri 18:40	Fri 09:40	Fri 04:40		Break
				Session 5
Fri 19:00	Fri 10:00	Fri 05:00	Margherita Malanchini	Pathfinder A brief, Reliable Measure to Overcome the Challenges of Investigating g in the Genomic Era.
Fri 19:20	Fri 10:20	Fri 05:20	Rosa Cheesman	Genetic Associations between Non-Cognitive Skills and Educational Outcomes: The Role of Parental Environment
Fri 19:40	Fri 10:40	Fri 05:40	Joanna Martin	Sex Differences in Psychiatric Polygenic Risk in Children with ADHD
Fri 20:00	Fri 11:00	Fri 06:00	Andrea Allegrini	Directional Relationships between Childhood Psychopathology Dimensions across Development
Fri 20:20	Fri 11:20	Fri 06:20	Kai Xiang Lim	Genetic and Environmental Aetiologies of Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Harm
Fri 20:40	Fri 11:40	Fri 06:40	Georgina Krebs	The Association between Body Dysmorphic Symptoms and Suicidality among Adolescents and Young Adults a Genetically-Informative Study
Fri 21:00	Fri 12:00	Fri 07:00	Radhika Kandaswamy	Predicting Alcohol Use from Genome-Wide Polygenic Scores, Environmental Factors, and their Interactions.
Fri 21:20	Fri 12:20	Fri 07:20		Break
				Session 6
Fri 21:40	Fri 12:40	Fri 07:40	Olakunle Oginni	Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sexual Orientation Moderation by Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Early-Life Adversity
Fri 22:00	Fri 13:00	Fri 08:00	Dorret Boomsma	Twinning as a Phenotype GWAS and EWAS Meta-Analyses
Fri 22:20	Fri 13:20	Fri 08:20	Veronika Odintsova	Epigenetics and Handedness
Fri 22:40	Fri 13:40	Fri 08:40	Fiona A. Hagenbeek	Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis of Genomic, Epigenomic, and Metabolomic Data for Childhood Aggressive Behavior
Fri 23:00	Fri 14:00	Fri 09:00	Jenny van Dongen	DNA Methylation Signatures of a Broad Spectrum of Aggressive Behavior: A Meta-Analysis of Epigenome-Wide Studies across the Lifespan
Fri 23:20	Fri 14:20	Fri 09:20	Laura Schellhas	The Epigenome as a Biological Pathway of the Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Tobacco, Alcohol, and Caffeine on Childhood Internalising Problems in Offspring: Two Large Multi-Cohort Epigenome-Wide Association Studies.
Fri 23:40	Fri 14:40	Fri 09:40		Break
				Session 7
Sat 24:00	Fri 15:00	Fri 10:00		Business Meeting
Sat 01:00	Fri 16:00	Fri 11:00		Break
				Session 8
Sat 01:20	Fri 16:20	Fri 11:20	Laurel Raffington	Social Disparities in Children’s and Adolescents’ Epigenome-Wide Methylation Profiles
Sat 01:40	Fri 16:40	Fri 11:40	Shannon O’Connor	Exploring Puberty as a Moderator of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Body Weight and Shape Concerns in Females
Sat 02:00	Fri 17:00	Fri 12:00	Tong Chen	Heritable, Environmental, and Timing Effects on the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence
Sat 02:20	Fri 17:20	Fri 12:20	Alexandros Giannelis	The Genetic and Environmental Components of Economic Behavior
Sat 02:40	Fri 17:40	Fri 12:40	Randi L. Vogt	Genetic and Environmental Influences on Non-Ability-Based Confidence
Sat 03:00	Fri 18:00	Fri 13:00	Giulia A. Borriello	Long-Term Effects of Polygenic Propensity for Educational Attainment on Educational Attainment Mediated by Inhibitory Control and Variation by a Family-Based Intervention
Sat 03:20	Fri 18:20	Fri 13:20	Lisabeth F. DiLalla	Preschool Pretend Play and Memory Development Twins versus Singletons
Sat 03:40	Fri 18:40	Fri 13:40		Break
				Session 9
Sat 04:00	Fri 19:00	Fri 14:00	Daniel Bustamante	Genetic and Environmental Influences, Risk and Subcortical Brain Volume Mediation of Traumatic Stress on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Children
Sat 04:20	Fri 19:20	Fri 14:20	Michael Pogue-Geile	Schizophrenia Genetic Risk Shared with Cortical Surface Area but not Cortical Thickness: A Multiplex, Extended Pedigree Study.
Sat 04:40	Fri 19:40	Fri 14:40	Danielle M. Dick	Genomic Analysis of ~1.5 Million People Uncovers Genes Associated with Externalizing
Sat 05:00	Fri 20:00	Fri 15:00	Sarah L. Carroll	Understanding the Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Youth Psychopathology
Sat 05:20	Fri 20:20	Fri 15:20	Elizabeth Shewark	Neighborhood Structural Characteristics and Social Processes Moderate the Etiology of Children’s Social Problems
Sat 05:40	Fri 20:40	Fri 15:40	Brianna Bucknor	Current Polygenic Scores Fail to Capture Resilience
Sat 06:00	Fri 21:00	Fri 16:00	Danielle Seay	Time-Varying Effects of Genetic and Parental Risks for Intergenerational Transmission of Depression on Child Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms.
Sat 06:20	Fri 21:20	Fri 16:20		Break
				Session 10
Sat 06:40	Fri 21:40	Fri 16:40	Michael C. Neale	Effects of Non-Random Ascertainment on Variance Component Estimates from Classical Twin Studies.
Sat 07:00	Fri 22:00	Fri 17:00	S. Mason Garrison	Fitting Problems Evaluating Model Fit in Behavior Genetic Models
Sat 07:20	Fri 22:20	Fri 17:20	Anqing Zheng	Testing the Phenotypic Null Hypothesis A Multivariate Examination in MIDUS
Sat 07:40	Fri 22:40	Fri 17:40	Christopher R. Beam	Genetic influence on Secure Attachment Depends on Socioeconomic Status
Sat 08:00	Fri 23:00	Fri 18:00	Deborah Finkel	Longitudinal Dynamic Relationship between Temperament and Cognition in Childhood: The Louisville Twin Study
Sat 08:20	Fri 23:20	Fri 18:20	Evan J. Giangrande	The Flynn Effect across Three WISC Versions and Four Decades in a Single Sample of U.S. Children
Sat 08:40	Fri 23:40	Fri 18:40	Eric Turkheimer	The Lifespan Intellectual Continuity Project in the Louisville Twin Study
Sat 09:00	Sat 24:00	Fri 19:00	Conclusion

Poster Presentations:

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Presenter	Title	Video	Email
J. Ando	Genetic Influence on Academic Achievement and Educational Opportunities Controlled by Socioeconomic Effect.	View	email
Martina Arenella	Genetics of Autistic Traits in the General Population Reveals Potential Role for Immune-Related Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorder.	View	email
Chloe Austerberry	Early Manifestations of Intellectual Ability: Evidence that Genetic Effects on Achievement are Mediated Through Early Childhood Literacy	View	email
Wikus Barkhuizen	Investigating the Specificity of the Genetic Associations between Smoking Behaviours and Psychiatric Traits and Disorders with Genomic Structural Equation Modelling	View	email
Giacomo Bignardi	On the Etiology of the Intensity of Visual Aesthetic Appraisal and Preferences	View	email
Winona Booher	Alcohol Related Behaviors in Mice Selectively Bred for High and Low Activity	View	email
Laurel Bruce	Turning Knowledge of a Genetic Cause into Preventive Behavioral Interventions: Proactive Speech and Language Therapy for Infants with Classic Galactosemia Continues to Show Signs of Effectiveness	View	email
Susanne Bruins	Incorporating Polygenic Scores in the Nuclear Twin Family Design: Detecting Cultural Transmission	View	email
Minhnguyen Cao	Genetic and Environmental Predictors of Self-Worth in Young Children	View	email
Lucía Colodro-Conde	Genome-Wide Association Analysis on Breastfeeding Duration	View	email
Yuliya Davydova	The Role of Arginine-Vasopressin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in the Development of Anger-Related Traits	View	email
Nora de Bode	Systematic Review: How the ADHD Polygenic Risk Scores Add to Our Understanding of ADHD and Other Traits	View	email
Rita Dias Pereira	Parental Social Class, Genes and Luck: a Cohort Analysis ofEquality of Opportunity in Education	View	email
Elizabeth K. Do	Linking Cancer and Twin Registry Data to Evaluate Cancer Risk in a United States Sample	View	email
Deepika Dokuru	General Factor Model of Substance Use Co-morbidity	View	email
Morgan Driver	The Impact of Receiving Genotypic Information for Psychiatric Conditions: A Literature Review	View	email
Ebba Du Rietz	Associations between ADHD and Medical Disorders in Adulthood: A Large-Scale Genetically Informed Swedish Register Study	View	email
Mikael O Ekblad	The Effect of Smoking During Pregnancy on Severity and Directionality of Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms: A Genetically- Informed Approach	View	email
Samantha M Freis	Genetic Correlations Between Executive Functions and Intelligence in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study	View	email
Éloi Gagnon	The Intensity of Formal Daycare Attendance Decreases the Shared Environment Contribution to School Readiness	View	email
Margaret Gatz	Remember This: Harmonization of Episodic Memory Measures across Twin Studies of Aging	View	email
Shelley Gresko	Causal Mechanisms Underlying the Associations between Putative Environmental Influences and Adolescent Substance Use	View	email
Emily C. Hilton	Toddler Temperament Modestly Predicts Middle Childhood Mental Health Profiles, via Genetic Pathways	View	email
Meng Huang	Do Common and Rare Variants Work Together on the Same Gene to Affect Phenotype?	View	email
Nikki Hubers	Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis of Epigenomic and Metabolomic data for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	View	email
Avina Hunjan	Polygenic Propensity for a Psychiatric Disorder is Associated with Nutrient Intake	View	email
Daniel (Liang-Dar) Hwang	Interaction between Polygenic Risks of Obesity Related Traits and Lifestyle in the UK Biobank	View	email
Eleanor J. Junkins	Genetic and Environmental Overlap of Agency and the Big Five Personality Traits	View	email
Anastasiya Kazantseva	The Role of Inflammatory System Genes in Non-Verbal Intelligence in Mentally Healthy Individuals	View	email
Kennon Later	Examining the Causal Link between Divorce and Mental Health of their Offspring Using the Cross-Generational Sibling Comparison Model	View	email
Qiongshi Lu	Local Genetic Correlation Analysis Reveals Heterogeneous Etiologic Sharing of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Cognitive Performance	View	email
Juan José Madrid Valero	Sleep quality and psychological distress: a sex-limitation twin study?	View	email
Juan José Madrid Valero	Sleep Quality and Back Pain: Same Genes?	View	email
Sergey Malykh	The Role of Oxytocin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in Depression-Related Traits: Gene-Environment Interactions	View	email
Riley L. Marshall	Effects of Genetic Likelihood for Extraversion/Surgency on Preschoolers’ Prosocial Behaviors in Ambiguous Situations	View	email
Samantha Miadich	Grip Strength and Lung Function Associations: A Middle Childhood Twin Study	View	email
Gianmarco Mignogna	Patterns of Item Nonresponse to Questionnaires are Systematic and Have a Genetic Basis.	View	email
Megan E. Mikhail	Context Matters: Socioeconomic Disadvantage Increases Phenotypic Risk and Impacts the Etiology of Disordered Eating in Youth	View	email
Geneviève Morneau-Vaillancourt	Distinguishing Dimensions of Social Withdrawal in Childhood: Polygenic Score Differently Predict Trajectories of Social Wariness and Preference for Solitude from Age 6 to 12 Years	View	email
Claire Morrison	Latent Genetic Structure of Sleep Health and Psychopathology	View	email
Jessica Mundy	The Relationship of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder in the Context of Reported Psychological Trauma	View	email
Christie W. Musket	Shared Genetic Effects between Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse: A Multiplex Extended Pedigree Study	View	email
Chloe Myers	Heritability of Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Twins, Siblings and Adoptees	View	email
Oliver Pain	Evaluation of Polygenic Prediction Methodology within a Reference- Standardized Framework	View	email
Joëlle A. Pasman	Interplay between Genetic Risk and the Parent Environment in Adolescence and Substance Use in Young Adulthood: A TRAILS Study	View	email
Katie Paulich	Exploring ABCD Phenotypes for Future Behavioral Genetic Analysis: Screen Time is Associated with Mental Health, Academic Outcomes, and Peer Relationships	View	email
Pamela N. Romero Villela	No Significant Interaction between rs16969968 and Genome-Wide Loci to Predict Cigarettes per Day in the UK Biobank	View	email
Petra Rupert	Genetic Variation in Cognitive Flexibility Brain Activation in Schizophrenia: A Multiplex Extended Pedigree Study	View	email
Katie Sakel	MAO-A as a Candidate Gene and Childhood Parental Alcohol Use Predicting Risky Behaviors.	View	email
Jonathan D. Schaefer	Developmental Pathways Connecting Polygenic risk of Smoking Initiation to Adolescent and Young-Adult Substance Use	View	email
Fenja Schlag	Distinct Association Profiles between Polygenic Risk for Psychiatric Disorder and Social Skill Sets in the General Population	View	email
Amanda Shrewsbury	Genetic and Environmental Influences on Externalizing Symptoms and Aspects of Executive Function in Middle Childhood	View	email
Alexandra Starr	Chasing Environmental Influences on School Grades	View	email
Beate St Pourcain	The Multivariate Genetic Architecture of Language- and Literacy-related Abilities.	View	email
Nathaniel S. Thomas	Cannabis Use in College: Genetic Predispositions, Peers, and Activity Participation	View	email
Fartein Ask Torvik	Assortative Mating and the Usefulness of Polygenic Scores in Extended Pedigrees	View	email
Jonathan Trattner	Vaccine Willingness and Socioeconomic Status: a Biometrically Controlled Design	View	email
Uku Vainik	Two Genetic Analyses to Elucidate Causality in the Associations between Body Mass Index and Psychological Traits	View	email
Jeffrey van der Ven	Exploring Genetic Relationships between Early Motor, Personal-Social and Language Development	View	email
Alexandra Y. Vazquez	Exploring the Etiology of Resilience to Neighborhood Disadvantage	View	email
Brad Verhulst	Using Neuroticism as a Model Phenotype to Compare and Contrast Genome-Wide Associations from Structural Equation Models	View	email
Janne Vermeulen	Exploring Genetic Relationships between Musicality and Social Behavior	View	email
Biyao Wang	The Impact of Genetic Nurture on Educational Attainment: a Meta-Analysis	View	email
Evan A. Winiger	Using Genetic Correlations and Polygenic Risk Prediction to Analyze Shared Genetics between Sleep Deficits and Cannabis Use Behaviors.	View	email
Ruyue Zhang	Association of Family History of Schizophrenia with Clinical Features in Eating Disorders	View	email
Katerina Zorina-Lichtenwalter	Identification and Characterization of the Common Genetic Risk Factors for Chronic Pain and Psychopathology	View	email