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Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 2, 2014 12:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) New Fellowship Prepares Geneticists for Careers in Genetics Education BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of... Read More

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Fellowship Prepares Geneticists for Careers in Science Policy BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health,... Read More

NEWS For more information: Cathy Yarbrough press@ashg.org 858-243-1814 Embargo: 4:30 p.m. PT, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 A multi-institutional team of researchers has sequenced the DNA of 6,700 exomes, the portion of the genome that contains protein-coding genes, as part of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded Exome Sequencing Project, one of the largest... Read More

NEWS July 13, 2012 Press Contact: press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD – July 10, 2012 – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health, as the recipient of the 2012 Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award. Dr. Collins, the sixth recipient of the award, will be... Read More

In response to a 2011 request for information, ASHG submitted comments on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making for “Human Subjects Research Protection: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators.” The Society proposed adjustments to the review, approval, and follow-up for studies that will facilitate research and improve... Read More