Population, Neurodevelopment and Genetics Program
@pngumich.bsky.social
Linking developmental, cognitive, clinical, public health, and educational science with neurobiology and genetics.
Survey Research Center | Institute for Social Research | The University of Michigan
#PNGresearch #GeSS
Survey Research Center | Institute for Social Research | The University of Michigan
#PNGresearch #GeSS
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Causes behind childhood mental health problems classed as internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) or externalizing (aggression, ADHD) aren't fully known, but epigentics may play a role. A new scoping review looks at how DNAm summary measures relate to these traits: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Causes behind childhood mental health problems classed as internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) or externalizing (aggression, ADHD) aren't fully known, but epigentics may play a role. A new scoping review looks at how DNAm summary measures relate to these traits: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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🧪A new study from @pngumich.bsky.social finds Black teens with police contact show heightened #amygdala activity in response to neutral faces. This form of #RacializedAdversity is important to consider when elucidating #neurobiology in marginalized youth myumi.ch/R3en8
What’s the Harm? Examining Police Contact and Amygdala Reactivity Among Black Adolescents
Abstract. A growing literature links various experiences of adversity to brain activity, particularly in regions that support threat processing and the str
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October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🧪A new study from @pngumich.bsky.social finds Black teens with police contact show heightened #amygdala activity in response to neutral faces. This form of #RacializedAdversity is important to consider when elucidating #neurobiology in marginalized youth myumi.ch/R3en8
Only four days left to apply for our virtual Epigenetics workshop this January! myumi.ch/P3QAe
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Only four days left to apply for our virtual Epigenetics workshop this January! myumi.ch/P3QAe
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🧪Researchers with SRC's @pngumich.bsky.social & @um-psc.bsky.social developed a novel DNAm biomarker of pubertal age that was consistently associated with earlier age at menarche across three adolescent cohorts myumi.ch/Nr5J3
Salivary DNA methylation and pubertal development in adolescents - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Salivary DNA methylation and pubertal development in adolescents
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October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🧪Researchers with SRC's @pngumich.bsky.social & @um-psc.bsky.social developed a novel DNAm biomarker of pubertal age that was consistently associated with earlier age at menarche across three adolescent cohorts myumi.ch/Nr5J3
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Along with a brand new website - src.isr.umich.edu - we are launching a quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR
September 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Along with a brand new website - src.isr.umich.edu - we are launching a quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR
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"Dementia and cognitive impairment are prevalent conditions, and susceptibility likely begins years before symptoms. Early life has not been comprehensively tested for potential risk factors for dementia"
September 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Dementia and cognitive impairment are prevalent conditions, and susceptibility likely begins years before symptoms. Early life has not been comprehensively tested for potential risk factors for dementia"
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Exposures and conditions prior to age 16 are associated with incidence of dementia status among adults in the United States Health and Retirement Study
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Exposures and conditions prior to age 16 are associated with incidence of dementia status among adults in the United States Health and Retirement Study - Scarlet Cockell, Herong Wang, Kelly S Benke, Erin B Ware, Kelly M Bakulski, 2025
Background Dementia and cognitive impairment are prevalent conditions, and susceptibility likely begins years before symptoms. Early life has not been comprehen...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Exposures and conditions prior to age 16 are associated with incidence of dementia status among adults in the United States Health and Retirement Study
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umichsph.bsky.social affiliate Kelly Marie Bakulski @erinware.bsky.social in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
September 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umichsph.bsky.social affiliate Kelly Marie Bakulski @erinware.bsky.social in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Calling all former #GeSS participants! We are hosting our NIA sponsored Genomics for Social Scientists- Epigenetics workshop January 20-23, 2026 VIRTUALLY🎉 Applications are now open through 10/31, so dust off your CV & please share with your colleagues: myumi.ch/P3QAe
September 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Calling all former #GeSS participants! We are hosting our NIA sponsored Genomics for Social Scientists- Epigenetics workshop January 20-23, 2026 VIRTUALLY🎉 Applications are now open through 10/31, so dust off your CV & please share with your colleagues: myumi.ch/P3QAe
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"Research utilizing epigenetic clocks has accelerated in recent years, but it is largely unknown how consistently these measures perform across country and cultural contexts, and thus, how useful they are for understanding the large differences in health outcomes across countries."
"Research utilizing epigenetic clocks has accelerated in recent years, but it is largely unknown how consistently these measures perform across country and cultural contexts, and thus, how useful they are for understanding the large differences in health outcomes across countries."
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
Research utilizing epigenetic clocks has accelerated in recent years, but it is largely unknown how consistently these measures perform across country…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"Research utilizing epigenetic clocks has accelerated in recent years, but it is largely unknown how consistently these measures perform across country and cultural contexts, and thus, how useful they are for understanding the large differences in health outcomes across countries."
"Research utilizing epigenetic clocks has accelerated in recent years, but it is largely unknown how consistently these measures perform across country and cultural contexts, and thus, how useful they are for understanding the large differences in health outcomes across countries."
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates @colterm.bsky.social Jessica Faul in Social Science & Medicine
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
August 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates @colterm.bsky.social Jessica Faul in Social Science & Medicine
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
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🧪Jennifer A. Smith was part of a team that generated whole-genome sequences from 2,762 individuals in India, which is underrepresented in genomic surveys, capturing the genetic diversity across most geographic regions, linguistic groups, and historically underrepresented communities myumi.ch/15gZJ
50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation
A genomic study of 2,762 individuals from India offers important insights into the
genomic diversity and evolutionary history of the subcontinent and highlights the
extensive genetic variation, gene f...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🧪Jennifer A. Smith was part of a team that generated whole-genome sequences from 2,762 individuals in India, which is underrepresented in genomic surveys, capturing the genetic diversity across most geographic regions, linguistic groups, and historically underrepresented communities myumi.ch/15gZJ
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🧪Using @ffcws.bsky.social, @colterm.bsky.social & coauthors find that educational effort is consistently protective for depressive symptoms in adolescents, but is linked to accelerated epigenic aging among disadvantaged Hispanic youth myumi.ch/79Jzr #epigenetics #education
The social context of educational effort – implications for psychological and physiological health in adolescence
Individual educational effort usually promotes educational success and attainment, and generally has long-lasting positive consequences. However, ther…
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June 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🧪Using @ffcws.bsky.social, @colterm.bsky.social & coauthors find that educational effort is consistently protective for depressive symptoms in adolescents, but is linked to accelerated epigenic aging among disadvantaged Hispanic youth myumi.ch/79Jzr #epigenetics #education
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate @helenmeier.bsky.social
Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study
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Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study
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May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate @helenmeier.bsky.social
Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study
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Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate Jessica Faul in The Journals of Gerontology
Epigenetic Clocks Relate to Four Age-Related Health Outcomes Similarly across Three Countries
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Epigenetic Clocks Relate to Four Age-Related Health Outcomes Similarly across Three Countries
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May 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social affiliate Jessica Faul in The Journals of Gerontology
Epigenetic Clocks Relate to Four Age-Related Health Outcomes Similarly across Three Countries
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Epigenetic Clocks Relate to Four Age-Related Health Outcomes Similarly across Three Countries
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social umichmedicine @um-src.bsky.social affiliate Kenneth M. Langa in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Diabetes and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults in China, England, Mexico, rural South Africa, and the USA: a population-based study of longitudinal aging cohorts
Objective There is a need for comparable worldwide data on the impact of diabetes on mortality. This study assessed diabetes and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults in five…
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May 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social umichmedicine @um-src.bsky.social affiliate Kenneth M. Langa in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
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Another #DemographyMinute from #PAA2025: Farah Ammous of @um-src.bsky.social describes Health and Retirement Study research demonstrating that physical activity is associated with reduced risk of chronic disease in older adults. With Helen Meier, @colterm.bsky.social and Jessica Faul
Farah Ammous, an SRC affiliate, provides insight into her poster at #PAA2025 describing physical activity and reduced health risks.
April 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Another #DemographyMinute from #PAA2025: Farah Ammous of @um-src.bsky.social describes Health and Retirement Study research demonstrating that physical activity is associated with reduced risk of chronic disease in older adults. With Helen Meier, @colterm.bsky.social and Jessica Faul
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🧪By mapping novel and reported CpG sites to genes, Jennifer A Smith et al. identified enriched pathways directly linked to lipid metabolism as well as ones spanning various biological functions. myumi.ch/kPxJm
Methylome-wide association analyses of lipids and modifying effects of behavioral factors in diverse race and ethnicity participants - Clinical Epigenetics
Circulating lipid concentrations are clinically associated with cardiometabolic diseases. The phenotypic variance explained by identified genetic variants remains limited, highlighting the importance ...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🧪By mapping novel and reported CpG sites to genes, Jennifer A Smith et al. identified enriched pathways directly linked to lipid metabolism as well as ones spanning various biological functions. myumi.ch/kPxJm
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📢 Join our virtual AND in-person Monitoring the Future @icpsrsummer.bsky.social workshops this summer! The workshops will provide an overview of the MTF Cross-sectional & Panel studies, focusing on the public-use & restricted-use data available from @icpsr.bsky.social & @nahdap.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢 Join our virtual AND in-person Monitoring the Future @icpsrsummer.bsky.social workshops this summer! The workshops will provide an overview of the MTF Cross-sectional & Panel studies, focusing on the public-use & restricted-use data available from @icpsr.bsky.social & @nahdap.bsky.social
📢 Join our #PNGresearch team on 4/11 at 8:30! #PAA2025
Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social & Daniel Notterman will report on their findings regarding DNA Methylation as a Surrogate Biomarker for Early-Life Poverty at #PAA2025. Friday, 4/11, 8:30am More details: myumi.ch/n18Qd
April 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📢 Join our #PNGresearch team on 4/11 at 8:30! #PAA2025
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🌸 🧬 Childhood poverty is associated with poor health across the lifespan, but how do early-life socioeconomic conditions become biologically embedded? Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social, and Daniel Notterman present at #PAA2025. @um-src.bsky.social myumi.ch/qZk4m 🧪
March 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🌸 🧬 Childhood poverty is associated with poor health across the lifespan, but how do early-life socioeconomic conditions become biologically embedded? Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social, and Daniel Notterman present at #PAA2025. @um-src.bsky.social myumi.ch/qZk4m 🧪
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🧪 Using the #HealthAndRetirementStudy, Ken Langa, @helenmeier.bsky.social, Grace Noppert et al. constructed a hierarchical tree structure to map relationships among T and B lymphocyte subsets myumi.ch/R3kR4
Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study - Immunity & Ageing
Background Immunosenescence, the gradual deterioration of the immune system, is critical for aging-related diseases. However, the lack of detailed population-level immune data has limited our understa...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🧪 Using the #HealthAndRetirementStudy, Ken Langa, @helenmeier.bsky.social, Grace Noppert et al. constructed a hierarchical tree structure to map relationships among T and B lymphocyte subsets myumi.ch/R3kR4