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As part of its strategic plan, ASHG’s Professional Practice and Social Implications (PPSI) Committee is tasked with helping ASHG members and the research community advance genetics and genomics in ways that integrate and embed societal impacts within research goals and practices. In the first of a series of resources, ASHG published a new Guidance on... Read More

ASHG/NHGRI fellows Eve Granatosky and Sammy Katta recap a well-attended ASHG 2019 session at the intersection of science, policy, and bioethics. Read More

ASHG member Marsha Michie shares perspectives and career advice from her research on the ethics of biomedical research and practice. Read More

ASHG 2019 panelists explored the potential policy implications of genetic research into educational attainment, in a joint session with ESHG. Read More

Bioethicists are concerned with the societal, ethical, and philosophical issues surrounding both research and clinical advances in modern life sciences. They interact with the scientific community as well as the broader public to research the impacts of scientific or medical advances from several different points of view. These professionals typically work in academic institutions or... Read More