Award

ASHG honors excellence in research conducted by predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees (including genetic counseling trainees) through merit-based awards that recognize highly competitive abstracts submitted and presented at the ASHG Annual Meeting. Currently, the total value of ASHG’s Award for Trainee Research Excellence is approximately $70,000 annually. Formerly known as the Charles J. Epstein Trainee Research... Read More

The 2024 HGSI Applications open April 2024. Applications for the 2023-25 program will open late April 2023. ASHG, in partnership with NHGRI, Biogen, GSK, Roche, and Merck & Co is pleased to provide the Human Genetics Scholars Initiative, a program launched in April 2019 to help advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the field. The program... Read More

Resource Limited Travel Awards Resource-Limited (formerly known as Developing Country) Awards help defray the costs of ASHG Annual Meeting participation for individuals living in resource-limited countries categorized by the World Bank as having low income or lower middle-income economies (see the list of eligible countries). The ASHG Program Committee will select award recipients based on the... Read More

Published: August 17, 2022, 10:45 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ASHG with generous support from National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Merck & Co., Inc, and Roche, is pleased to recognize this year’s Scholars. The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative was developed to help advance diversity and... Read More

Published: Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Heidi Rehm, PhD, FACMG, as the 2022 recipient of the Curt Stern Award. Dr. Rehm is director of the Genomic Medicine Unit and chief genomics officer in the Center for... Read More