Laurel Raffington
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Laurel Raffington
@laraffington.bsky.social
Research Group Leader MPRG Biosocial | Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Jacobs Foundation Fellow
• Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence >>> www.nature.com/articles/s41...

• Genetic Pinball Videogame on gene X wealth/ health/ and education inequality >>> purplesloth.itch.io/genetic-pinb...
Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Polygenic Associations with Educational Attainment in East Versus West Germany: Differences Emerge After Reunification >>> pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

• Social determinants of health and epigenetic clocks: Meta-analysis of 140 studies >>> www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment between West and East Germany before and after reunification
Here we examine geographical and historical differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment in East and West Germany around reunification. We test this in n = 1902 25–85-year-olds fr...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Some of our research >>> Utilizing epigenetics to study the shared nature of development and biological aging across the lifespan >>> www.nature.com/articles/s41...

• Beyond a Shared History: A Biosocial Perspective on Sociogenomics and Racism in Germany >>> link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Utilizing epigenetics to study the shared nature of development and biological aging across the lifespan - npj Science of Learning
npj Science of Learning - Utilizing epigenetics to study the shared nature of development and biological aging across the lifespan
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reposted by Laurel Raffington
9/9. In line with transactional models of human development, rooted in evocative/active gene-environment correlation, children seek out environmental experiences that align with their genetic dispositions, partly based on their non-cognitive characteristics, leading to different learning outcomes.🧬🌳
February 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
(plus German social systems incl paid parental leave, child benefit payments, free daycare & schools)
February 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM