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.

The 2024 ASHG Award Nomination Form is NOW OPEN until May 2, 2024!

Learn More & Submit Awards Nomination

Committee Group: Membership & Career Growth, along with Membership Engagement and Career Development Committees

2024 Committee Members

• Chair: Andrew (Andy) McCallion, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• President: Bruce Gelb, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
• Stylianos Antonarakis, MD, PhD, University of Geneva
• Michael Bauer, PhD University of Arkansas
• Robin Bennett, MS, University of Washington
• Catherine Keegan, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
• Yann Klimentidis, PhD, University of Arizona
• Stephen Montgomery, PhD, Stanford University
• Rajiv McCoy, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
• Julie Neidich, MD, Washington University, St. Louis
• Timothy O’Connor, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Rohit Thakur, PhD, National Cancer Institute