Rosa Cheesman
@rosacheesman.bsky.social
researcher interested in gene-environment interplay, education, mental health
Exploring educational sorting using genetics
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exploring educational field sorting using genetics - Nature Genetics
Creative use of informed statistical genetics methods combined with large-scale genomic data has delivered insights about sorting into educational fields. This study has wide-ranging implications for ...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exploring educational sorting using genetics
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
New article w @cearadau.bsky.social
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Humanitarianism - Margie Cheesman et al. - Technosocial Reproduction and Humanitarian Reason
A white van rolled through the gates of a refugee camp in mainland Greece, its driver unloading a stack of pre-packaged lunches.
www.e-flux.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New article w @cearadau.bsky.social
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
"Offering genetic predictions for embryos to improve health outcomes latches onto a privatization logic that does exactly the opposite and hence erodes a system based on social equality and solidarity."
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
There’s a new kid in town!
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Offering genetic predictions for embryos to improve health outcomes latches onto a privatization logic that does exactly the opposite and hence erodes a system based on social equality and solidarity."
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
Eight new convergence environments will address major societal challenges in life sciences
- UiO:Life Science
The application process initiated a year ago has concluded, eight interdisciplinary research projects have been selected to address major societal challenges in the life sciences at the University of ...
www.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic associations with educational fields - Nature Genetics
Genome-wide analyses of 10 educational fields identify 17 associated loci. Analysis of genetic clustering across specializations identifies two key dimensions that show genetic overlap with personalit...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Better schools can compensate for dispositions
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Better schools can compensate for dispositions
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Postdoctoral Position in Social Science Genomics | Max Planck Research Group Biosocial
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
New Working Paper! 😀📢
"The Genetic Lottery Goes to School: Better Schools Compensate for the Effects of Students’ Genetic Differences" 🧬 🎓
by @rosacheesman.bsky.social Nicolai T. Borgen, Astrid M. J. Sandsør @paulhufe.net
Read the full paper here:
📝 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"The Genetic Lottery Goes to School: Better Schools Compensate for the Effects of Students’ Genetic Differences" 🧬 🎓
by @rosacheesman.bsky.social Nicolai T. Borgen, Astrid M. J. Sandsør @paulhufe.net
Read the full paper here:
📝 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
May 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Our gene discovery project on age at onset of walking is out today! Find the paper here www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge thanks to the cohorts, collaborators & coauthors, in particular first author Dr Anna Gui 1/n
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants of European ancestry - Nature Human Behaviour
A genome-wide association study of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants found 11 significant loci. Age at onset of walking showed SNP heritability of 24%, a reliable polygenic score and gene...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our gene discovery project on age at onset of walking is out today! Find the paper here www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge thanks to the cohorts, collaborators & coauthors, in particular first author Dr Anna Gui 1/n
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
New preprint!
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New preprint!
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
So happy to finally see this paper out in @natcomms.nature.com. rdcu.be/ehQsd “Correcting for volunteer bias in GWAS increases SNP effect sizes and heritability estimates”. A thread on our findings!
Correcting for volunteer bias in GWAS increases SNP effect sizes and heritability estimates
Nature Communications - Genetic studies may be biased due to volunteer-based biobanks. Using UK Biobank, the authors apply inverse probability weighting based on UK Census data, finding that...
rdcu.be
April 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So happy to finally see this paper out in @natcomms.nature.com. rdcu.be/ehQsd “Correcting for volunteer bias in GWAS increases SNP effect sizes and heritability estimates”. A thread on our findings!
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Fallende skoleprestasjoner og økt fravær avdekker et skrikende behov for kunnskap for å møte vår tids utfordringer. Til det trenger vi registre fra skoler og barnehager.
www.altinget.no/lovebakken/a...
www.altinget.no/lovebakken/a...
Vi har et skrikende behov for kunnskap om barn - Altinget
Fallende skoleprestasjoner og økt fravær avdekker et skrikende behov for kunnskap for å møte vår tids utfordringer. Til det trenger vi registre fra skoler og barnehager, skriver Martin Flatø, Fartein ...
www.altinget.no
April 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Fallende skoleprestasjoner og økt fravær avdekker et skrikende behov for kunnskap for å møte vår tids utfordringer. Til det trenger vi registre fra skoler og barnehager.
www.altinget.no/lovebakken/a...
www.altinget.no/lovebakken/a...
Exciting postdoc opportunity in Oslo to study pathways to marginalisation with the brilliant Nicolai Borgen
Includes interdisciplinary social science genetics approaches🧬 ⭐
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Includes interdisciplinary social science genetics approaches🧬 ⭐
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow - SEGOP (277092) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow - SEGOP (277092), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Exciting postdoc opportunity in Oslo to study pathways to marginalisation with the brilliant Nicolai Borgen
Includes interdisciplinary social science genetics approaches🧬 ⭐
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Includes interdisciplinary social science genetics approaches🧬 ⭐
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
New paper by the MoBa PsychGen team on 'direct and indirect genetic effects on early neurodevelopmental traits', led by Laura Hegemann. Now published in JCPP @acamh.bsky.social
with @rosacheesman.bsky.social, @ludvigdb.bsky.social, @bstpourcain.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
with @rosacheesman.bsky.social, @ludvigdb.bsky.social, @bstpourcain.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background
Neurodevelopmental conditions are highly heritable. Recent studies have shown that genomic heritability estimates can be confounded by genetic effects mediated via the environment (indire.....
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New paper by the MoBa PsychGen team on 'direct and indirect genetic effects on early neurodevelopmental traits', led by Laura Hegemann. Now published in JCPP @acamh.bsky.social
with @rosacheesman.bsky.social, @ludvigdb.bsky.social, @bstpourcain.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
with @rosacheesman.bsky.social, @ludvigdb.bsky.social, @bstpourcain.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Super happy to see this great paper by @rutheva.bsky.social, @rosacheesman.bsky.social , Ole Andreassen and myself out now!
Typical sociodemographic research on partnership dissolution has seldom considered individual differences. In this paper, we show with genomic data that they do matter.
Typical sociodemographic research on partnership dissolution has seldom considered individual differences. In this paper, we show with genomic data that they do matter.
NEW: Ruth Eva Jørgensen, Rosa Cheesman, Ole A. Andreassen, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad , "The Genetics of Partnership Dissolution."
sociologicalscience.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Super happy to see this great paper by @rutheva.bsky.social, @rosacheesman.bsky.social , Ole Andreassen and myself out now!
Typical sociodemographic research on partnership dissolution has seldom considered individual differences. In this paper, we show with genomic data that they do matter.
Typical sociodemographic research on partnership dissolution has seldom considered individual differences. In this paper, we show with genomic data that they do matter.
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
NEW: Ruth Eva Jørgensen, Rosa Cheesman, Ole A. Andreassen, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad , "The Genetics of Partnership Dissolution."
sociologicalscience.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW: Ruth Eva Jørgensen, Rosa Cheesman, Ole A. Andreassen, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad , "The Genetics of Partnership Dissolution."
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @uio.no! You will be using the MoBa study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social and @pgcgenetics.bsky.social approaches. Please share!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research (272560) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research (272560), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
January 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @uio.no! You will be using the MoBa study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social and @pgcgenetics.bsky.social approaches. Please share!
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
(1/10) Check out our new paper in Nature Communications! “Non-random mating patterns within and across education and mental and somatic health”. In the paper, we study partner similarities before they (were likely to have) met.
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54966-9
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54966-9
Non-random mating patterns within and across education and mental and somatic health - Nature Communications
By analyzing 187,926 Norwegian first-time parents, researchers found that partners are more similar in mental than physical health, with mental health similarity increasing over time. Educational simi...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:18 PM
(1/10) Check out our new paper in Nature Communications! “Non-random mating patterns within and across education and mental and somatic health”. In the paper, we study partner similarities before they (were likely to have) met.
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54966-9
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54966-9
Check out our new paper on genetic links with 10 fields of education in >460k ppl. We found overlapping genetic influences on different fields, summarised by 2 key tendencies: Technical v Social and Creative v Conformist osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 25, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Check out our new paper on genetic links with 10 fields of education in >460k ppl. We found overlapping genetic influences on different fields, summarised by 2 key tendencies: Technical v Social and Creative v Conformist osf.io/preprints/ps...