Inside AJHG: A Chat with Levi Teitz and David Page
This month on Inside AJHG: David Page and Levi Teitz describe their recent paper on Y chromosome amplicons through human history. Read More
ASHG News
Trainee Paper Spotlight: Janson White
Trainee Author: Janson White, PhD Senior Fellow Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington (Photo courtesy White) White JJ, et al. WNT Signaling Perturbations Underlie the Genetic Heterogeneity of Robinow Syndrome. AJHG. 2018 Jan 4;102(1):27-43. This study was selected for the Trainee Paper Spotlight because it uses extensive genetic and genomic studies to identify new pathogenic... Read More
Presenting: ASHG 2018 Award Winners
ASHG is pleased to announce its 2018 awardees! Congrats to all recipients. Read More
ASHG Honors James R. Lupski with Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award
For Immediate Release Thursday, August 9, 2018 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org Physician-Scientist to Receive Award at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named James R. Lupski, MD, PhD, as the 2018 recipient of the Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award.... Read More
Protecting Genetic Privacy of Immigrant Families
In 2018, a legislative amendment was proposed that would protect the genetic privacy of immigrant families by restricting the use of their genetic material and data to helping reunify family members. The amendment would require that government officials restrict their use of DNA analysis to when it is truly needed and ensure that biological samples... Read More