Questions: meetings@ashg.org. Deadline: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. Edit & Withdrawal Deadline: Monday, September 21 at 8:00 AM Eastern Time. This year for the late breaking session we only welcome abstracts related to the genetics of COVID-19 disease and/or the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Up to six abstracts will be selected... Read More
Published: Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 301.634.8424 press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Benjamin Neale, PhD as the recipient of the 2020 Early-Career Award. Dr. Neale is the Director of the Genomics of Public Health Initiative at Massachusetts General Hospital... Read More
I am writing to announce today that the ASHG 2020 Annual Meeting, October 27-30, will be a fully virtual meeting. ASHG and the San Diego Convention Center have agreed to mutually terminate our contract in light of the unavailability of the Convention Center during our meeting dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we regret... Read More
Last month, ASHG announced the launch of its new open access journal, Human Genetics and Genomic Advances (HGG Advances). The publication is now open for submissions, with a call for papers, the first of which will be published later in the year. Importantly, ASHG members will receive a 20% discount on the open access fee.... Read More
June 2020 ASHG is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives in genetics research and building a scientific community that is welcoming to all. Genetic studies have largely focused on populations of European descent, and more work is needed to create diverse reference datasets. These tools can help to aid precision medicine discoveries for all... Read More