Advocacy

On May 21, 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act was signed into law, yet many still don't know of its protections. Learn how GINA protects you. Read More

GINA Turns 10: Personal reflections on the 13-year effort to pass protections against genetic discrimination in the U.S. Read More

For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 16, 2018 2:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications & Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Video: GINA Protects You and Your Family: Here’s How BETHESDA, MD – This month, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act... Read More

Nascent Transcript Writer: Allison McCague May 2018  The second annual March for Science was held last month in Washington, DC, and many cities all around the world. The inaugural March for Science, held on a cold, rainy, and damp day, drew approximately 100,000 marchers to Washington in 2017, and over one million people participated in some sort... Read More

Get to know FASEB - the nation's largest coalition of biomedical researchers - and how they work with ASHG in science policy and advocacy. Read More