Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? EA: The Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African Populations (NeuroGAP-Psychosis) initiative is a key effort to decrease the burden of serious mental illness in Africa. The NeuroGAP-Psychosis study team had already been hard at work for several years before I... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? SM: Working with the Vanderbilt University Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) team during my PhD demonstrated the critical need for better approaches to variant interpretation in rare diseases. And even after a candidate gene and variant are identified, I observed that the... Read More
Published: August 17, 2022, 10:45 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ASHG with generous support from National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Merck & Co., Inc, and Roche, is pleased to recognize this year’s Scholars. The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative was developed to help advance diversity and... Read More
Posted By: Sara Cullinan, PhD, Deputy Editor, AJHG SC: What motivated you to start working on this project? HT: Finding faults within the DNA sequences and learning their associations with disease has always piqued my interest. Our lab studies the genomic basis of complex hematological syndromes and particularly the pathogenic effect of a genetic variant... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? EJ: I wanted to obtain further insights into the genetics of the Greenlandic population, as it is a genetically unique and understudied population. Specifically, we sought to look further into a range of cardiometabolic phenotypes. The end goal was to improve... Read More