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Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 2, 2014 1:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Early-Career Geneticists to Receive Award at ASHG 2014 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD –The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Gonçalo R. Abecasis, DPhil, Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the... Read More
Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Physician-Geneticist to Receive Award at ASHG 2014 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Stuart H. Orkin, MD, David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard... Read More
Media Contacts: Nalini Padmanabhan, ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 | press@ashg.org Joyce Peterson, JAX Public Information Manager 207.288.6058 | news@jax.org For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:30 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) New Programs Aim to Integrate Genetics and Genomics into Medicine BETHESDA, MD, and BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and... Read More
Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, April 25, 2014 12:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Annual Contest Invites High School Students to Examine Important Concepts in Genetics BETHESDA, MD – In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted its 9th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest to... Read More
Congratulations to the 2014 winners and thank you all for participating. Happy DNA Day! This year ASHG received submissions from students in 39 states and 20 foreign countries, including Turkey, Portugal, Australia, and Nigeria. Asking students to investigate the genetic and environmental components of a complex trait engaged them in deeper thinking about heritability and... Read More