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Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? LM: Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been a hot topic in the field of complex disorders for several years now, and they continue to be topical as new methods and datasets emerge to aid in improving the prediction accuracy of these... Read More

At HGG Advances, the newest and fully open access ASHG journal, the Editorial Board oversees all aspects of the review process. This team of academic editors brings a wealth of scientific expertise and experience to the journal that ensures fair and constructive evaluation of each submitted manuscript. They work with authors throughout each step of... Read More

Posted By: HGG Advances  HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project?   SP: I always had an interest in the field of medical genetics, and oligogenic diseases specifically intrigue me because of their challenging nature, as even after years of research since their first official reporting in the early 1990s, our knowledge on... Read More

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? CC: I would say the project started with the first author of the paper, Xin Sheng, who is a staff scientist here in the Center for Genetic Epidemiology as USC. It was really her unrelentless tenacity to track down a quality... Read More

Sara Cullinan, PhD, Director of Scientific Publications Many ASHG members are familiar with the Cotterman Award, an honor bestowed each year to the trainee authors whose work published in The American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) is noted for exceptional quality. This year, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances (HGG Advances) introduced the Early-Career Investigator Award... Read More