{"id":1406,"date":"2018-05-24T21:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehd.uchicago.edu\/?page_id=1406"},"modified":"2019-08-20T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T16:05:40","slug":"polygenic-prediction-and-its-application-in-the-social-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehd.uchicago.edu\/?page_id=1406","title":{"rendered":"Polygenic Prediction and its Application in the Social Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Research Network on the Determinants of Life Course Capabilities and Outcomes at the University of Chicago and the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) at the University of Southern California\u00a0(USC) are organizing a two-day conference on social science genomics.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, &#8220;Polygenic Prediction and its Application in the Social Sciences,&#8221; will take place on Friday, November 30th and Saturday, December 1st, 2018, at USC\u00b9s main campus in Los Angeles. 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