ASHG News
ASHG President Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD: How Genetics is Helping Fight COVID-19
By ASHG President Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD The COVID-19 pandemic has been a jarring challenge to public health and economies worldwide. Even as we all navigate the crisis and its effect on personal health, professional lives and larger national strategies, I am heartened by the application of science in the public health response to the... Read More
A Letter from ASHG President Anthony Wynshaw-Boris to Members
Dear ASHG Community: We hope this update finds you and yours healthy and safe. As ASHG is one of your professional homes, we know how important it is to update you as the Society continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, and potential impacts for our genetics and genomics community, including ASHG programs and the 2020... Read More
Inside AJHG: A Chat with Amy Williams
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 Amy Williams to discuss her paper, “Rapid, Phase-free Detection of Long Identity-by-Descent Segments Enables Effective Relationship Classification”. AJHG: What caused you to start working on this project? Amy: Our past work on... Read More
New Insights into Ancient Genomes: Your Questions Answered
In March, ASHG hosted a webinar to share recent findings in the population genetics of ancient humans and to explore how genetic variation may have shaped early human history. This webinar, entitled, “New Insights into Ancient Genomes” featured ASHG members David Reich, PhD and Joshua Akey, PhD. During the session, they discussed methods for isolating... Read More