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Karen Conneely, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University. Nicholas Johnson, PhD was a predoctoral student in the Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Graduate Program at Emory University while this work was being completed. He is now employed as a Mathematical Statistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Inside AJHG: A Chat with Karen Conneely and Nicholas Johnson

Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? KC: We were intrigued by the promise of single-cell DNA methylation data for a number of reasons, including the ability to more directly examine allele-specific methylation associated with germline or somatic variants. Single-cell approaches for DNA methylation... Read More

Photo of all the 2024 Resource-Limited Awardee at the ASHG 2023 annual Meeting Held in Washington D.C.

Needs-Based Travel Awards

Needs-Based Travel Awards help defray the costs of ASHG Annual Meeting participation for those who would not otherwise have the funds to attend. The ASHG Program Committee will select award recipients based on the quality of submitted abstracts. Award Requirements To be awarded a Needs-Based Travel Award, nominees must: Not otherwise have the funds to... Read More

ASHG Thanks Congress for Sustaining Support for Biomedical Research, Urges Congress to Pass FY’24 Appropriations

ASHG Thanks Congress for Sustaining Support for Biomedical Research, Urges Congress to Pass FY’24 Appropriations

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 21, 2024, 1:30 pm U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, [email protected] ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) thanks Congress for sustaining its support for biomedical research in the FY 2024 conference agreement by funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at $47.1 billion. In a... Read More