SSGAC Social Science Genetic
Association Consortium

Our team

The consortium spans UCLA, USC, Amsterdam UMC, Oxford, Queensland, NYU, Harvard, the Broad Institute and more than a hundred contributing cohorts.

Steering committee

Daniel Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
David Cesarini New York University
Aysu Okbay Amsterdam University Medical Center
Patrick Turley University of Southern California (USC)

Working groups

Each working group is led by the researcher named below.

Michelle Meyer Ethics and Communication Geisinger Health Systems
Alexander Strudwick Young Family Analysis University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Aysu Okbay Polygenic Index Amsterdam University Medical Center
Patrick Turley Methods University of Southern California (USC)

Core researchers

Jonathan Beauchamp George Mason University
David Cesarini New York University
Julia Sidorenko University of Queensland, Australia
Peter Visscher University of Oxford
Loic Yengo University of Queensland, Australia

Ph.D. students

Alfred Kibowen University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Postdocs

Dylan Steinecke University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Affiliated researchers

Ronald de Vlaming Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Richard Karlsson Linnér Leiden University
Fleur Meddens University of Oxford
Niels Rietveld Erasmus University Rotterdam
Raymond Walters Broad Institute

Advisory board

Shawneequa Callier Genomics Law and Policy George Washington University
David Laibson Economics Harvard University
Alicia Martin Population Genetics Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Michelle Meyer Bioethics and Law Geisinger Health Systems
Melinda Mills Sociology University of Oxford
Peter Visscher Quantitative Genetics University of Oxford
Loic Yengo Quantitative Genetics University of Queensland, Australia

Program management

Sarah Hiyari University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Chelsea Watson University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Computer engineer

Jonathan Jala University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Logistics

Samantha Cherney SSGAC

Alumni

We are grateful to everyone who has worked with the consortium over the years.

  • Robel Alemu
  • Joel Becker
  • Michael Bennett
  • Marta Bilghese
  • Peter Bowers
  • Casper Burik
  • Mark Fontana
  • Tamara Gjorgjieva
  • Grant Goldman
  • Junming Guan
  • Menna Hassan
  • Matthew Howell
  • Dhruva Jaishankar
  • Hariharan Jayashankar
  • Edward Kong
  • Hermon Kweon
  • Chanwook (Sean) Lee
  • Hui Li
  • Rosie Li
  • Omeed Maghzian
  • Mahdi Mir
  • Seyed Moeen Nehzati
  • Olga Rostapshova
  • Rebecca Royer
  • Tammy Tan
  • Matthijs van der Loos
  • Nancy Wang

Co-founders

Daniel Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
David Cesarini New York University
Philipp Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical — 2011 to 2021

Previous advisory board

From its inception in 2011 until 2021, the SSGAC had an advisory board of prominent researchers across a range of disciplines. We are extremely grateful for all of their guidance and help over the years.

Dalton Conley Sociology Princeton University
George Davey Smith Epidemiology University of Bristol
Tōnu Esko Molecular Biology and Human Genetics University of Tartu and Estonian Genome Center
Albert Hofman Epidemiology Harvard University
Robert Krueger Psychology University of Minnesota
David Laibson Economics Harvard University
James Lee Psychology University of Minnesota
Sarah Medland Genetic Epidemiology QIMR Berghofer
Michelle Meyer Bioethics and Law Geisinger Health Systems