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At the ASHG 2022 Annual Meeting, members of the ASHG Professional Practice and Social Implications Committee (PPSI) followed up on the recently published Guidance on addressing underrepresentation in genetics and genomics research through community engagement. Organized by ASHG and PPSI members Kyle Brothers, MD, PhD, Amy Lemke, PhD, MS, and Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD, the... Read More
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) today published a new Guidance on the challenges in the development and application of polygenic scores (PGS) in human genetic research. Appearing in today’s issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG), this new resource was developed by a writing group led by members of the ASHG... Read More
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) today published a new Guidance on community engagement as a strategy to address underrepresentation in genomics research. Appearing in today’s issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG), this new resource was developed by the Society’s Community Engagement Guidance Writing Group, comprised of members of the ASHG... Read More
Professional Practice and Social Implications Committee (PPSI) Co-chairs Kyle Brothers, MD, PhD, and Sarah Tishkoff, PhD, recently organized a session titled, “Polygenic Risk Scores: Uses and Misuses in Health, Research, and Society.” They held the session on February 10, 2021, part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021 Annual Meeting, to... Read More
Posted By: Sarah Ratzel, PhD, Science Editor, AJHG Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author(s) of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with Kyle Brothers and John Lynch to discuss their paper, “Analogies in Genomics Policymaking: Debates and Drawbacks”. AJHG: What caused you to start... Read More