The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) today published a new Guidance on community engagement as a strategy to address underrepresentation in genomics research. Appearing in today’s issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG), this new resource was developed by the Society’s Community Engagement Guidance Writing Group, comprised of members of the ASHG... Read More
Published: Thursday, September 1, 2022, 1:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is pleased to announce the election of Bruce Gelb, MD as ASHG’s 2023 President-elect; and of Joseph G Gleeson, MD; Chris Gunter, PhD; Ophir D. Klein, MD, PhD;... Read More
Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? EA: The Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African Populations (NeuroGAP-Psychosis) initiative is a key effort to decrease the burden of serious mental illness in Africa. The NeuroGAP-Psychosis study team had already been hard at work for several years before I... Read More
Published: Monday, August 29, 2022, 1:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) today announced that the Illumina Corporate Foundation has awarded the Society a $175,000, one-year grant to support the ASHG Learning Center, a website portal that offers scientists from the genetics... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? SM: Working with the Vanderbilt University Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) team during my PhD demonstrated the critical need for better approaches to variant interpretation in rare diseases. And even after a candidate gene and variant are identified, I observed that the... Read More
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