Katy Brown

Trainee Author: Theodore G. Drivas, MD, PhD Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Clinical Associate, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Photo courtesy of Theodore G. Drivas) Drivas TG, et al. Mendelian pathway analysis of laboratory traits reveals distinct roles for ciliary subcompartments in common disease pathogenesis. 2021 American Journal of... Read More

Trainee Author: Ozan Dikilitas, M.D. Senior Research Fellow Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Dikilitas O, et al. Predictive utility of polygenic risk scores for coronary heart disease in three major racial and ethnic groups. 2020 The American Journal of Human Genetics 106(5):707-716. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for coronary heart disease are primarily derived from... Read More

Author: Anna Miller, BA With the beginning of a new year comes New Year’s Resolutions. As one common resolution is reading more, the Nascent Transcript reached out to the ASHG Board of Directors for book recommendations that were pivotal to their growth as trainees and in the current day. We hope this list serves as... Read More

Author: Nicole Ferraro, MS Predicting phenotype from genotype has long been one of the main goals of human genomics. The completion of the Human Genome Project sparked hope that realizing this goal was just around the corner. However, current consensus is that most traits are influenced not just by one gene, but by many to... Read More

Nascent Transcript Author: Honey Reddi, PhD, FACMG. Conceptually “Mentoring up” is about empowering mentees to be active participants in their mentoring relationships by understanding that the responsibility for success requires equal contributions from both the mentor and the mentee. The ASHG Career Development committee as part of its annual meeting organized a session on this topic. ... Read More