Awards Committee
The Awards Committee’s charge is to showcase and promote scientific excellence by recommending the recipients of the Society’s awards to the Board of Directors for approval. It will consider scientific excellence, professional citizenship and stewardship, and diversity as factors in its recommendations.
Nominations for ASHG’s 2023 professional awards are OPEN until May 3, 2023 at 11:59 pm US E.T.
Committee Group: Membership & Career Growth, along with Membership Engagement and Career Development Committees
2023 Committee Members
- Chair: France Gagnon, PhD, University of Toronto
- Incoming Chair: Andrew (Andy) McCallion, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Stylianos Antonarakis, MD/PhD, University of Geneva
- Robin Bennett, MS, University of Washington
- Charleston Chiang, PhD, University of Southern California
- Catherine Keegan, MD/PhD, University of Michigan
- Yann Klimentidis, PhD, University of Arizona
- Brendan Lee, MD/PhD, Baylor College of Medicine – President
- Victoria Marshe, PhD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Julie Neidich, MD, Washington University, St. Louis
- Timothy O’Connor, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Athena Starlard-Davenport, PhD, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center