The Education Award recognizes outstanding contributions to human genetics education. Nominees must have made contributions that are recognized nationally or internationally as being of exceptional quality and great importance to human genetics education and should have long-standing involvement in genetics education, contributions in more than one area, and contributions of substantive influence on individuals and/or... Read More
The Scientific Achievement Award is presented yearly for remarkable scientific achievements in human genetics that have occurred during the last 10 years. The work could be a single major discovery or may be a series of contributions on a similar or related topic. The awardee’s work should have had a demonstrable impact on the scientific... Read More
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the top prize given by the American Society of Human Genetics. The award is presented annually to recognize substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics, carried out over a sustained period of scientific inquiry and productivity. The recipient is presented with an engraved medal and a monetary award of... Read More
ASHG President David Nelson wrote in support of a U.S. bill to expand access to genetic counseling services for Medicare beneficiaries. Read More
For Immediate Release Monday, November 26, 2018 1:30 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Report from China, if Confirmed, Would Be at Odds with Field Consensus that Germline Editing is Not Ready for Human Use ROCKVILLE, Md. – Given this morning’s reports of infants possibly born in China whose genomes were... Read More