ASHG News

Published: Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org Rockville, MD – Human geneticists from around the world will convene virtually on October 18-22 for the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) to share the latest discoveries in human genetics and genomics, as well... Read More

Published: Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 1:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The following statement is attributable to ASHG President Gail Jarvik, MD, PhD, regarding the announcement that Francis Collins, MD, PhD, will step down as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Collins, a physician and... Read More

Members of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) strive to further understanding of the human genome for the betterment of science, health and society. As a community of genetics researchers, ASHG is deeply concerned by the passage and implementation of Texas law S.B. 8 and the potential passage of similar bills nationwide, which will... Read More

Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month we check in with Cristen Willer and Tanmoy Roychowdhury to discuss their paper, Regulatory variants in TCF7L2 are associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm. What prompted you to start working on this project? CW: The... Read More

Posted By: Sarah Ratzel, PhD, Science Editor, AJHG Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with Audrey Hendricks to discuss her paper, “Summix: A method for detecting and adjusting for population structure in genetic summary data”. AJHG: What... Read More