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ASHG Responds to Executive Order on Federal Grantmaking

ASHG Responds to Executive Order on Federal Grantmaking

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is deeply concerned by the Executive Order (EO) issued last week titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.” While ASHG supports efforts to ensure transparency, accountability, and scientific rigor in federally funded research, we are particularly troubled that the EO’s directives risk introducing political considerations into the grantmaking process.... Read More

Inside AJHG: A Chat with Ji Tang

Posted By: The American Journal of Human Genetics, AJHG AJHG: What motivated you to start working on this project?  JT: This project emerged from an empirical problem we were facing in a separate analysis. In that analysis, we wanted to examine the pattern of genetic variation driven by unique ancestry in human populations in order... Read More

ASHG Announces 2025 Professional Award Recipients

ASHG Announces 2025 Professional Award Recipients

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, (301) 634-7300, [email protected] Rockville, Md. – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) congratulates the recipients of the ASHG 2025 Professional Awards, honoring outstanding scientific achievements in genetics and genomics education, mentoring and application of research for the common... Read More

Inside AJHG: A Chat with Valerie Arboleda

Posted By: The American Journal of Human Genetics, AJHG AJHG: What motivated you to start working on this project? Valerie Arboleda (VA): The most enjoyable projects often emerge from learning new methods and tackling shared problems. In this case, my friend, co-author (Keriann M. Backus, PhD), and lab neighbor had been generating exciting chemoproteomic datasets... Read More