Messenger

In May 2023, ASHG hosted its third year of virtual advocacy meetings on Capitol Hill. Both current and several former trainee advocates from the Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program participated in this week-long advocacy activity. The ACGT program was launched as part of ASHG’s Government & Public Advocacy Committee (GPAC)... Read More

Following discussion at its spring meeting on awards names and the need to recognize, celebrate and cultivate attributes that are central to ASHG’s mission, ASHG is formalizing this goal through new award names that will now be descriptive, without an individual’s name attached. While the discussion was sparked initially by the Board of Directors’ actions... Read More

The celebration of ASHG’s 75-year anniversary is fast approaching at this year’s annual meeting! The Society is thrilled to be in Washington, DC for our 74th Annual Meeting. DC is one of the finest destinations for scientific research in the world with many universities and institutions with outstanding genetic and genomic research, including the National... Read More

On April 13 -15, ASHG, in collaboration with NHGRI, hosted the first Human Genetics Scholars Initiative (HGSI) Spring Meeting in Rockville, MD, welcoming twenty scholars from across all four cohorts. The meeting featured an interactive, facilitated workshop entitled, From Vision to Reality: Building the Field You Want to See, a half-day special visit to the... Read More

ASHG, alongside our advocacy partners, continues to help Congress see the impact of human genetics and genomics research, and that robust and sustained funding for the NIH is vital for advancing scientific progress and creating hope. The Messenger recently spoke with a patient participant (who wished to remain anonymous) enrolled in NIH’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network... Read More