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Human Genetics Scholars Initiative

The 2026 HGSI Applications are closed. The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative is an intensive two-year professional development program supporting early-career scientists. ASHG is committed to creating experiences that recruit and train a talented, prepared workforce ready to address research needs in human genetics and genomics. The program goals are to: Identify, mentor, and help prepare... Read More

Mitchell Machiela, ScD, MPH, is an Earl Stadtman Investigator in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch at the National Cancer Institute.

Inside AJHG: A Chat with Mitchell Machiela

Inside AJHG: A Chat with Mitchell Machiela KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? MM: Our main motivation for this study was to better understand how germline genetic variation in the 6p25.1 Ewing sarcoma (EwS) susceptibility locus contributes to EwS risk. Specifically, based on evidence from a prior investigation of the 10q21.3... Read More

Sofia Papadimitriou is an F.R.S.-FNRS postdoctoral researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Inside HGG Advances: A Chat with Sofia Papadimitriou

Posted By: HGG Advances  HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project?   SP: I always had an interest in the field of medical genetics, and oligogenic diseases specifically intrigue me because of their challenging nature, as even after years of research since their first official reporting in the early 1990s, our knowledge on... Read More