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Published: Wednesday, August 12, 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 been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Illumina Corporate Foundation to support the expansion of ASHG’s Online Professional Education Program over the next two years. At a time when... Read More
ASHG in partnership with NHGRI, Biogen, and Roche are pleased to recognize this year’s Scholars. The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative was developed to help advance diversity and inclusion in the human genetics research workforce. Jacqueline Harris, PhD is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Grambling State University and has multidisciplinary training in biostatistics and... Read More
Last month, Canada’s Supreme Court issued a key decision on the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNDA), a law passed by the Canadian Parliament in 2017 and supported by ASHG. GNDA protects individuals from being required to undergo genetic testing or share their genetic information, such as with insurance companies and employers. We sat down with Barbara... Read More
As part of the implementation of its strategic plan, the Online Programs and Professional Education Working Group was created. The Working Group has been charged by the Board with creating new digital ways to communicate with ASHG members. As a result, the new podcast series Genetically Speaking was created. The series features weekly informal conversations... Read More
Posted By: Sara Cullinan, PhD, Deputy 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 Steven Micheletti, PhD to discuss his paper “Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas”. AJHG: What prompted you to... Read More