ASHG News

Athena Starlard-Davenport, PhD is one of the eight inaugural HGSI scholars for 2019-2021. She is an assistant professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), where she studies globin gene regulation in sickle cell disease, breast cancer genetics, and cancer disparities. Dr. Starlard-Davenport recently received her first R01 independent... Read More

Published: Monday, July 27, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202-257-8424, press@ashg.org President-elect Charles Rotimi, Four New Directors to Take Office in January 2021 ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is pleased to announce the election of Charles Rotimi, PhD as ASHG’s 2021 President-elect; and to the... Read More

Posted By: Sara Cullinan, PhD, Deputy Editor, AJHG Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month we check in with Steven Micheletti, PhD to discuss his paper “Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas”. AJHG: What prompted you to... Read More

Published: Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 301.634.8424 press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Peter H. Byers, MD, as the 2020 recipient of the Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award. Dr. Byers is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Department... Read More

Published: Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 301.634.8424 press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Janina Jeff, PhD, MS as the 2020 recipient of the Advocacy Award. Dr. Jeff is the host and executive producer of In Those Genes, described as “a... Read More