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Applications for the 2023-25 program will open late April 2023. ASHG, in partnership with NHGRI, Biogen, GSK, Roche, and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) is pleased to provide the Human Genetics Scholars Initiative, a program launched in April 2019 to help advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the field. The program will: Identify, mentor, and help prepare... Read More

Resource-Limited (formerly known as Developing Country) Awards help defray the costs of ASHG Annual Meeting participation for individuals living in resource-limited countries categorized by the World Bank as having low income or lower middle-income economies (see the list of eligible countries). To be considered for the award, you must: 1) submit an abstract by the... Read More

By Christina Del Greco, BS/BA Happy (almost) New Year, ASHG members!  With the start of a new year often come resolutions to start new or improve current habits.  If your upcoming resolutions involve reading more books or listening to more podcasts, you’ve come to the right place.  This year, we reached out to trainee ASHG... Read More

By Latrice Landry, PhD In-Sketch with Ninad Oak As members of the American Society of Human Genetics gathered for the 2022 Annual Conference in Los Angeles, the mark of the pandemic and its aftermath still lingered. This was the first time many members met in person—in general, many felt thrilled to once again experience this... Read More

By Nandana Rao, PhD Since becoming a graduate student, I haven’t had the chance to attend an in-person ASHG annual meeting before. I was looking forward to attending ASHG 2022 after the virtual meetings in 2020 and 2021. I had no real sense of the scale of the meeting going in, but when I entered... Read More