David Richter

Genomics of Educational Attainment Across 80 Years of Social and Political Transformation in Germany

The paper examines how polygenic indices for educational attainment change across birth cohorts and regions in Germany, finding stronger associations in recent cohorts and the East but weaker effects for women.

An Updated Polygenic Index Repository: Expanded Phenotypes, New Cohorts, and Improved Causal Inference

The paper updates a polygenic index repository with more phenotypes, datasets, and improved causal inference methods, enhancing predictive performance and interpretability.

Cohort Profile: Genetic data in the German Socio-Economic Panel Innovation Sample (Gene-SOEP)

The paper describes the Gene-SOEP dataset, a longitudinal genetic study of 2,598 individuals in Germany, providing polygenic indices for research on genetic-environment interactions.

Associations of Socioeconomic Disparities With Buccal DNA-Methylation Measures Of Biological Aging

The paper tests if socioeconomic gradients observed in blood DNA methylation measures can be reproduced using buccal-cell DNA, finding smaller effect sizes and lower cross-tissue correlations.