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Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

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  • Aysu Okbay

    (Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
    Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology)

  • Jonathan P. Beauchamp

    (Harvard University)

  • Mark Alan Fontana

    (Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California)

  • James J. Lee

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Tune H. Pers

    (Division of Endocrinology and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research
    Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Metabolic Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
    Statens Serum Institut)

  • Cornelius A. Rietveld

    (Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
    Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology)

  • Patrick Turley

    (Harvard University)

  • Guo-Bo Chen

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland)

  • Valur Emilsson

    (Icelandic Heart Association
    Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland)

  • S. Fleur W. Meddens

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology
    VU University, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
    Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam)

  • Sven Oskarsson

    (Uppsala University)

  • Joseph K. Pickrell

    (New York Genome Center)

  • Kevin Thom

    (New York University)

  • Pascal Timshel

    (Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark)

  • Ronald de Vlaming

    (Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
    Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology)

  • Abdel Abdellaoui

    (VU University Amsterdam)

  • Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia

    (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Metabolic Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
    COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen
    Steno Diabetes Center)

  • Jonas Bacelis

    (Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy)

  • Clemens Baumbach

    (Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health
    Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health)

  • Gyda Bjornsdottir

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.)

  • Johannes H. Brandsma

    (Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam)

  • Maria Pina Concas

    (Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica U.O.S. di Sassari, National Research Council of Italy)

  • Jaime Derringer

    (Psychology, University of Illinois)

  • Nicholas A. Furlotte

    (23andMe, Inc., Mountain View)

  • Tessel E. Galesloot

    (Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center)

  • Giorgia Girotto

    (Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste)

  • Richa Gupta

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Leanne M. Hall

    (University of Leicester
    NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital)

  • Sarah E. Harris

    (Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
    Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Edith Hofer

    (General Hospital and Medical University Graz
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, General Hospital and Medical University Graz)

  • Momoko Horikoshi

    (Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Oxford
    Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford)

  • Jennifer E. Huffman

    (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Kadri Kaasik

    (Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki)

  • Ioanna P. Kalafati

    (Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Science and Education, Harokopio University)

  • Robert Karlsson

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Augustine Kong

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.)

  • Jari Lahti

    (Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki
    Folkhälsan Research Centre)

  • Sven J. van der Lee

    (Erasmus Medical Center)

  • Christiaan deLeeuw

    (VU University, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
    Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen)

  • Penelope A. Lind

    (Quantitative Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)

  • Karl-Oskar Lindgren

    (Uppsala University)

  • Tian Liu

    (Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development)

  • Massimo Mangino

    (King’s College London
    NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Foundation Trust)

  • Jonathan Marten

    (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Evelin Mihailov

    (Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu)

  • Michael B. Miller

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Peter J. van der Most

    (University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen)

  • Christopher Oldmeadow

    (Public Health Stream, Hunter Medical Research Institute
    Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle)

  • Antony Payton

    (Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Institute of Population Health, The University of Manchester
    Human Communication and Deafness, School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Manchester)

  • Natalia Pervjakova

    (Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu
    THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • Wouter J. Peyrot

    (Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center & GGZ inGeest)

  • Yong Qian

    (Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging)

  • Olli Raitakari

    (Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku)

  • Rico Rueedi

    (University of Lausanne
    Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)

  • Erika Salvi

    (University of Milan)

  • Börge Schmidt

    (Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen)

  • Katharina E. Schraut

    (Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

  • Jianxin Shi

    (National Cancer Institute)

  • Albert V. Smith

    (Icelandic Heart Association
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland)

  • Raymond A. Poot

    (Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam)

  • Beate St Pourcain

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol
    School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • Alexander Teumer

    (Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald)

  • Gudmar Thorleifsson

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.)

  • Niek Verweij

    (University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen)

  • Dragana Vuckovic

    (Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste)

  • Juergen Wellmann

    (Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster)

  • Harm-Jan Westra

    (Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine)

  • Jingyun Yang

    (Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center
    Rush University Medical Center)

  • Wei Zhao

    (University of Michigan)

  • Zhihong Zhu

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland)

  • Behrooz Z. Alizadeh

    (University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
    University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen)

  • Najaf Amin

    (Erasmus Medical Center)

  • Andrew Bakshi

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland)

  • Sebastian E. Baumeister

    (Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald
    Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg)

  • Ginevra Biino

    (Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council of Italy)

  • Klaus Bønnelykke

    (COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen)

  • Patricia A. Boyle

    (Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center
    Rush University Medical Center)

  • Harry Campbell

    (Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

  • Francesco P. Cappuccio

    (Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick)

  • Gail Davies

    (Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
    University of Edinburgh)

  • Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

    (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)

  • Panos Deloukas

    (William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
    Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders (PACER-HD), King Abdulaziz University)

  • Ilja Demuth

    (The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Institute of Medical and Human Genetics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin)

  • Jun Ding

    (Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging)

  • Peter Eibich

    (German Socio- Economic Panel Study
    Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford)

  • Lewin Eisele

    (Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen)

  • Niina Eklund

    (THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • David M. Evans

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol
    The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The Translational Research Institute)

  • Jessica D. Faul

    (Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan)

  • Mary F. Feitosa

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Andreas J. Forstner

    (Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn
    Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn)

  • Ilaria Gandin

    (Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste)

  • Bjarni Gunnarsson

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.)

  • Bjarni V. Halldórsson

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.
    Institute of Biomedical and Neural Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University)

  • Tamara B. Harris

    (Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health)

  • Andrew C. Heath

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Lynne J. Hocking

    (University of Aberdeen)

  • Elizabeth G. Holliday

    (Public Health Stream, Hunter Medical Research Institute
    Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle)

  • Georg Homuth

    (Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald)

  • Michael A. Horan

    (Manchester Medical School, The University of Manchester)

  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga

    (VU University Amsterdam)

  • Philip L. de Jager

    (Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Harvard Medical School)

  • Peter K. Joshi

    (Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

  • Astanand Jugessur

    (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

  • Marika A. Kaakinen

    (Imperial College London)

  • Mika Kähönen

    (Tampere University Hospital
    University of Tampere, School of Medicine)

  • Stavroula Kanoni

    (William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London)

  • Liisa Keltigangas-Järvinen

    (Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki)

  • Lambertus A. L. M. Kiemeney

    (Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center)

  • Ivana Kolcic

    (Public Health, Medical School, University of Split)

  • Seppo Koskinen

    (THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • Aldi T. Kraja

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Martin Kroh

    (German Socio- Economic Panel Study)

  • Zoltan Kutalik

    (University of Lausanne
    Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
    Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV))

  • Antti Latvala

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Lenore J. Launer

    (Neuroepidemiology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health)

  • Maël P. Lebreton

    (Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
    Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center, University of Amsterdam)

  • Douglas F. Levinson

    (Stanford University)

  • Paul Lichtenstein

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Peter Lichtner

    (Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health)

  • David C. M. Liewald

    (Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
    University of Edinburgh)

  • LifeLines Cohort Study
  • Anu Loukola

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Pamela A. Madden

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Reedik Mägi

    (Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu)

  • Tomi Mäki-Opas

    (THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • Riccardo E. Marioni

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
    Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
    Medical Genetics Section, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Pedro Marques-Vidal

    (Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV))

  • Gerardus A. Meddens

    (Tema BV)

  • George McMahon

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol)

  • Christa Meisinger

    (Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health)

  • Thomas Meitinger

    (Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health)

  • Yusplitri Milaneschi

    (Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center & GGZ inGeest)

  • Lili Milani

    (Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu)

  • Grant W. Montgomery

    (Molecular Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)

  • Ronny Myhre

    (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

  • Christopher P. Nelson

    (University of Leicester
    NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital)

  • Dale R. Nyholt

    (Molecular Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
    Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland Institute of Technology)

  • William E. R. Ollier

    (Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Institute of Population Health, The University of Manchester)

  • Aarno Palotie

    (Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
    The Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Psychiatric & Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital)

  • Lavinia Paternoster

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol)

  • Nancy L. Pedersen

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Katja E. Petrovic

    (General Hospital and Medical University Graz)

  • David J. Porteous

    (Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Katri Räikkönen

    (Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki
    Folkhälsan Research Centre)

  • Susan M. Ring

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol)

  • Antonietta Robino

    (Medical Genetics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”)

  • Olga Rostapshova

    (Harvard University
    Social Impact)

  • Igor Rudan

    (Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

  • Aldo Rustichini

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Veikko Salomaa

    (THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • Alan R. Sanders

    (NorthShore University HealthSystem
    University of Chicago)

  • Antti-Pekka Sarin

    (Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki
    Public Health Genomics Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • Helena Schmidt

    (General Hospital and Medical University Graz
    Research Unit for Genetic Epidemiology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Center of Molecular Medicine, General Hospital and Medical University)

  • Rodney J. Scott

    (Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle
    Information Based Medicine Stream, Hunter Medical Research Institute)

  • Blair H. Smith

    (Medical Research Institute, University of Dundee)

  • Jennifer A. Smith

    (University of Michigan)

  • Jan A. Staessen

    (Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, University of Leuven
    R&D VitaK Group, Maastricht University)

  • Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen

    (The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

  • Konstantin Strauch

    (Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health
    Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität)

  • Antonio Terracciano

    (Florida State University College of Medicine)

  • Martin D. Tobin

    (University of Leicester)

  • Sheila Ulivi

    (Medical Genetics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”)

  • Simona Vaccargiu

    (Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica U.O.S. di Sassari, National Research Council of Italy)

  • Lydia Quaye

    (King’s College London)

  • Frank J. A. van Rooij

    (Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus Medical Center)

  • Cristina Venturini

    (King’s College London
    NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Foundation Trust)

  • Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland)

  • Uwe Völker

    (Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald)

  • Henry Völzke

    (Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald)

  • Judith M. Vonk

    (University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen)

  • Diego Vozzi

    (Social Impact)

  • Johannes Waage

    (COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen
    Steno Diabetes Center)

  • Erin B. Ware

    (University of Michigan
    Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan)

  • Gonneke Willemsen

    (VU University Amsterdam)

  • John R. Attia

    (Public Health Stream, Hunter Medical Research Institute
    Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle)

  • David A. Bennett

    (Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center
    Rush University Medical Center)

  • Klaus Berger

    (University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen)

  • Lars Bertram

    (Platform for Genome Analytics, Institutes of Neurogenetics & Integrative and Experimental Genomics, University of Lübeck
    Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)

  • Hans Bisgaard

    (COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen)

  • Dorret I. Boomsma

    (VU University Amsterdam)

  • Ingrid B. Borecki

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Ute Bültmann

    (Community & Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen)

  • Christopher F. Chabris

    (Union College)

  • Francesco Cucca

    (Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica (IRGB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato)

  • Daniele Cusi

    (University of Milan
    Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Italian National Research Council)

  • Ian J. Deary

    (Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
    University of Edinburgh)

  • George V. Dedoussis

    (Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Science and Education, Harokopio University)

  • Cornelia M. van Duijn

    (Erasmus Medical Center)

  • Johan G. Eriksson

    (Folkhälsan Research Centre
    University of Helsinki)

  • Barbara Franke

    (Donders Centre for Neuroscience)

  • Lude Franke

    (University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen)

  • Paolo Gasparini

    (Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste
    Medical Genetics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”
    Sidra)

  • Pablo V. Gejman

    (NorthShore University HealthSystem
    University of Chicago)

  • Christian Gieger

    (Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health)

  • Hans-Jörgen Grabe

    (University Medicine Greifswald
    HELIOS-Hospital Stralsund)

  • Jacob Gratten

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland)

  • Patrick J. F. Groenen

    (Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Vilmundur Gudnason

    (Icelandic Heart Association
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland)

  • Pim van der Harst

    (University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
    University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
    Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute)

  • Caroline Hayward

    (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
    Generation Scotland, Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • David A. Hinds

    (23andMe, Inc., Mountain View)

  • Wolfgang Hoffmann

    (Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald)

  • Elina Hyppönen

    (Centre for Population Health Research, School of Health Sciences and Sansom Institute, University of South Australia
    South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
    Population, Policy and Practice, UCL Institute of Child Health)

  • William G. Iacono

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Bo Jacobsson

    (Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

  • Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

    (MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
    Center for Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu
    Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital
    Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu)

  • Karl-Heinz Jöckel

    (Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen)

  • Jaakko Kaprio

    (University of Helsinki
    THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare
    Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki)

  • Sharon L. R. Kardia

    (University of Michigan)

  • Terho Lehtimäki

    (Fimlab Laboratories
    University of Tampere, School of Medicine)

  • Steven F. Lehrer

    (Economics, NYU Shanghai
    Policy Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston)

  • Patrik K. E. Magnusson

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Nicholas G. Martin

    (Genetic Epidemiology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)

  • Matt McGue

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Andres Metspalu

    (Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu
    Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu)

  • Neil Pendleton

    (Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute Brain Behaviour and Mental Health, Salford Royal Hospital
    Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research in Ageing, University of Manchester)

  • Brenda W. J. H. Penninx

    (Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center & GGZ inGeest)

  • Markus Perola

    (Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu
    THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare)

  • Nicola Pirastu

    (Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste)

  • Mario Pirastu

    (Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica U.O.S. di Sassari, National Research Council of Italy)

  • Ozren Polasek

    (Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Split)

  • Danielle Posthuma

    (VU University, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
    VU Medical Centre)

  • Christine Power

    (Population, Policy and Practice, UCL Institute of Child Health)

  • Michael A. Province

    (Washington University School of Medicine)

  • Nilesh J. Samani

    (University of Leicester
    NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital)

  • David Schlessinger

    (Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging)

  • Reinhold Schmidt

    (General Hospital and Medical University Graz)

  • Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

    (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Metabolic Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
    MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol
    Institute of Preventive Medicine. Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals, The Capital Region)

  • Tim D. Spector

    (King’s College London)

  • Kari Stefansson

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland)

  • Unnur Thorsteinsdottir

    (deCODE Genetics/Amgen Inc.
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland)

  • A. Roy Thurik

    (Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology
    Montpellier Business School
    Panteia)

  • Nicholas J. Timpson

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol)

  • Henning Tiemeier

    (Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus Medical Center)

  • Joyce Y. Tung

    (23andMe, Inc., Mountain View)

  • André G. Uitterlinden

    (Erasmus Medical Center
    Erasmus Medical Center)

  • Veronique Vitart

    (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Peter Vollenweider

    (Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV))

  • David R. Weir

    (Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan)

  • James F. Wilson

    (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
    Centre for Global Health Research, The Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

  • Alan F. Wright

    (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  • Dalton C. Conley

    (New York University
    School of Medicine, New York University)

  • Robert F. Krueger

    (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • George Davey Smith

    (MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol)

  • Albert Hofman

    (Erasmus Medical Center)

  • David I. Laibson

    (Harvard University)

  • Sarah E. Medland

    (Quantitative Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)

  • Michelle N. Meyer

    (Bioethics Program, Union Graduate College – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Jian Yang

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
    The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The Translational Research Institute)

  • Magnus Johannesson

    (Stockholm School of Economics)

  • Peter M. Visscher

    (Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
    The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The Translational Research Institute)

  • Tõnu Esko

    (Division of Endocrinology and Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research
    Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu
    Harvard Medical School)

  • Philipp D. Koellinger

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology
    VU University, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research
    Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam)

  • David Cesarini

    (New York University
    Research Institute for Industrial Economics)

  • Daniel J. Benjamin

    (Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California)

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A genome-wide association study in 293,723 individuals identifies 74 genetic variants associated with educational attainment, which, although only explaining a small proportion of the variation in educational attainment, highlights candidate genes and pathways for further study.

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  • Aysu Okbay & Jonathan P. Beauchamp & Mark Alan Fontana & James J. Lee & Tune H. Pers & Cornelius A. Rietveld & Patrick Turley & Guo-Bo Chen & Valur Emilsson & S. Fleur W. Meddens & Sven Oskarsson & Jo, 2016. "Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment," Nature, Nature, vol. 533(7604), pages 539-542, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:533:y:2016:i:7604:d:10.1038_nature17671
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