GWAS

Associate Professor of Genome Sciences University of Washington ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Shendure: I’m pretty happy with how things turned out, so I probably wouldn’t advise my younger myself to do anything... Read More

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:30 pm U.S. Pacific Time (UTC-05:00) Findings Reported at ASHG 2014 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Scientists studying birth defects in humans and purebred dogs have identified an association between cleft lip and cleft palate – conditions that occur... Read More

NEWS Monday, September 20, 2010 Press Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7307 press@ashg.org Professor Emeritus of Rockefeller University’s Statistical Genetics Lab Honored as 2010 Allan Award Winner at ASHG 60th Annual Meeting in D.C. BETHESDA, MD – September 20, 2010 – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Jurg Ott, PhD, Professor Emeritus of... Read More

In 2016, ASHG responded to the NIH’s proposed policy for the sharing of data obtained from NIH-supported or -conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS). ASHG supports broad access to phenotypic and genotypic data to advance medical research, and supported the proposed policy with changes. Related: Comments to NIH on Genome-Wide Association Studies (November 2006) Read More