Social Issues Committee Initiates New Duty to Recontact Statement
The SIC considers: Do researchers have an ethical duty or professional obligation to recontact participants when new, clinically significant info emerges? Read More
Diagnosis
Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing of Neonatal ICU Patients is Useful and Cost-Effective
Embargoed for Release Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications and Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2017 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Rapid whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of acutely ill neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients in the first few days of life yields... Read More
Inside AJHG: A Chat with Wouter de Laat
This month, we check in with Wouter de Laat, PhD, to discuss his paper, “Sensitive Monogenic Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis by Targeted Haplotyping.” Read More
Career Interview: Brian Shirts, MD, PhD
Brian Shirts, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington. He has been a member of ASHG since 2004. ASHG: Tell us about your position and how it fits into your institution and its goals. Brian: I am Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington. Being in a clinical... Read More
How I Work: Brian Shirts
Posted By: Elisabeth Rosenthal, PhD, Member of the ASHG Communications Committee We sat down with ASHG member Brian Shirts, MD, PhD, to learn more about his work at the cutting edge of clinical genetic diagnostics, including how his work intersects with his faith. ASHG: Tell us about your position and how it fits into your... Read More