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Illumina Corporate Foundation Grant Helps Expand Online Professional Education in Human Genetics and Genomics

Illumina Corporate Foundation Grant Helps Expand Online Professional Education in Human Genetics and Genomics

Published: Wednesday, August 12, 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 been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Illumina Corporate Foundation to support the expansion of ASHG’s Online Professional Education Program over the next two years. At a time when... Read More

Announcing the 2020-2022 Human Genetics Scholars

Announcing the 2020-2022 Human Genetics Scholars

ASHG in partnership with NHGRI, Biogen, and Roche are pleased to recognize this year’s Scholars. The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative was developed to help advance diversity and inclusion in the human genetics research workforce. Jacqueline Harris, PhD is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Grambling State University and has multidisciplinary training in biostatistics and... Read More

ASHG Honors Fowzan S. Alkuraya, MD, with the 2020 Curt Stern Award

Published: Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 301.634.8424 press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Fowzan S. Alkuraya, MD as the 2020 recipient of the Curt Stern Award. Dr. Alkuraya is a Professor of Human Genetics at Alfaisal University and a Senior Consultant and Principal... Read More

ASHG Honors Mary-Claire King, PhD with the 2020 William Allan Award

Published: Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 301.634.8424 press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Mary-Claire King, PhD, American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, as the 2020 recipient of the annual William Allan Award. The... Read More

ASHG Honors Kenneth Lange, PhD with the 2020 Arno Motulsky-Barton Childs Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Education

Published: Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 301.634.8424 press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Kenneth Lange, PhD as the 2020 recipient of the Arno Motulsky-Barton Childs Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Education. Dr. Lange is the Rosenfeld Professor of Computational... Read More