July 2022

Published: Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Heidi Rehm, PhD, FACMG, as the 2022 recipient of the Curt Stern Award. Dr. Rehm is director of the Genomic Medicine Unit and chief genomics officer in the Center for... Read More

Published: Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Meow-Keong Thong, MD as the 2022 recipient of the Advocacy Award. Dr. Thong’s specialties are in Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics at the University of Malaya Medical Center in Kuala Lumpur,... Read More

Published: Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named David L. Nelson, PhD, as the 2022 recipient of the Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award. Dr. Nelson is Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Director of the Graduate Programs in... Read More

Published: Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Eimear Kenny, PhD, as the recipient of the 2022 Early-Career Award. Dr. Kenny is the Founding Director of the Institute for Genomic Health and Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine,... Read More

The biomedical research system has historically been supported by two main pillars: fundamental research on the mechanisms of disease, largely funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the pharmaceutical industry, which creates products to treat these conditions. Recent advances in biomedical research and health sciences present an opportunity to change how we understand,... Read More