On January 26, 2022, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) hosted a virtual workshop on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. The event had 593 attendees and 20 presenters, including ASHG 2021 President Gail Jarvik and NHGRI Program Director Heidi Sofia. The workshop represented a collaboration of experts... Read More
Posted By: Sara Cullinan, PhD, Deputy Editor, AJHG SC: What prompted you to start working on this project? AB: This project was truly a collaboration from conception to completion. First, disease-associated genetic loci are often in non-coding regions of the genome, and thus do not immediately point to a disease gene or mechanism of action.... Read More
Posted By: Sara Cullinan, PhD, Deputy Editor, AJHG What prompted you to start working on this project? SS: For a few years now, I have been thinking about Biobank-scale methods that can allow us to learn about aspects of the genetic architecture (e.g. heritability) of complex traits from millions of genomes. A major challenge in... Read More
Last month, ASHG launched the new Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program. ACGT is a competitive, year-long program aimed at providing trainee ASHG members pursuing a research or clinical career with an introduction to science policy and human genetics and genomics advocacy. The program is a Government and Public Advocacy Committee... Read More
The National Institute of Aging (NIA) leads NIH’s research on the biological, clinical, behavioral and social aspects of aging. Dr. Richard Hodes has served as director of the institute since 1993. We spoke with Dr. Hodes recently about NIA’s priorities, the institute’s investments in human genetics and genomics research, and NIA’s commitment to addressing structural... Read More