Nature & Nurture: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Children’s Responses to Adversity

March 20-21, 2013

Sponsor/Co-Sponsor(s)

Population Dynamics Branch (PDB) and Child Development and Behavior Branch, Division of Extramural Research (DER), NICHD

Location

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Blvd., Rockville Maryland

Purpose

This workshop aims to encourage discussion about the interaction of the social environment with genes in children’s development and how best to conceptualize and measure environmental contexts—such as parenting and parent relationships, neighborhoods, peer relationships, and non-family caregiver arrangements—in studies of gene-by-environment interplay.

Contact

Dr. Rosalind King, PDB, DER, NICHD
Phone: 301-435-6986
E-mail: kingros@mail.nih.gov

Please note: Views expressed during NICHD-sponsored events do not necessarily reflect the opinions or the official positions of NICHD, NIH, or HHS.
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