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Board Roundup: ASHG Board Reviews Committee Action Plans, Finances

The ASHG Board of Directors met on April 25-26 in Rockville, MD to discuss the Society’s annual meeting programming, meet with committee chairs from the ASHG Membership & Career Growth Group including the Awards Committee, Membership Engagement Committee and Career Development Committee, review ASHG’s financial position, advance ASHG’s strategic planning process by reviewing committee action... Read More

A Physician/Father’s Perspective on the Potential of Genetic Research

A Physician/Father’s Perspective on the Potential of Genetic Research

Human genetics and genomics has a profound impact on individuals, families, and communities. By showcasing narratives highlighting the potential of genetic research, ASHG seeks to honor those who participate in research and underscore the real-world implications of scientific inquiry. Hearing the voices of patients and their families can help members of the genetics and genomics... Read More

2024 ACGT Hill Day Reflections

2024 ACGT Hill Day Reflections

In May 2024, ASHG hosted a fourth year of virtual advocacy meetings with policymakers on Capitol Hill. Over the course of a week, participants in the  2024 cohort of the Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program joined members of past  ACGT  cohorts and members of the  Government and Public Advocacy Committee (GPAC)  in meetings with 15 congressional... Read More

Alistair Pagnamenta, PhD

Inside AJHG: A Chat with Alistair Pagnamenta

Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? AP: I‘ve had an interest in structural variants (SVs) ever since working on microdeletions identified in array data from the Autism Genomes Project. Now that large clinical genome sequencing datasets are available via the 100k Genomes Project,... Read More

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