Professional Education

As part of the implementation of its strategic plan, the Online Programs and Professional Education Working Group was created. The Working Group has been charged by the Board with creating new digital ways to communicate with ASHG members. As a result, the new podcast series Genetically Speaking was created. The series features weekly informal conversations... Read More

Data collection and sharing from national-scale genetic projects: a Q&A with the All of Us Research Project featuring attendee questions! Read More

ASHG's recent webinar, Genomic Medicine at the Population Level, described approaches being used in large-scale national genetics studies around the world. Read More

Technical Writers use their technical expertise to clearly communicate complex scientific or medical ideas. Whereas science writers write for the general public, technical writers write for specialized audiences, producing publications such as instruction manuals or textbooks. These professionals typically work for a technical communications firm, a specific research company, a contract company that writes science... Read More

Director for Recruitment and Inclusion for Graduate Programs in Bioscience University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Dr. Azurdia earned her BS in Biochemistry from California State University (CSU) Los Angeles, where she was a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) trainee. She later earned her PhD in Molecular Biology and... Read More