Messenger

The celebration of ASHG’s 75-year anniversary is fast approaching at this year’s annual meeting! The Society is thrilled to be in Washington, DC for our 74th Annual Meeting. DC is one of the finest destinations for scientific research in the world with many universities and institutions with outstanding genetic and genomic research, including the National... Read More

On April 13 -15, ASHG, in collaboration with NHGRI, hosted the first Human Genetics Scholars Initiative (HGSI) Spring Meeting in Rockville, MD, welcoming twenty scholars from across all four cohorts. The meeting featured an interactive, facilitated workshop entitled, From Vision to Reality: Building the Field You Want to See, a half-day special visit to the... Read More

ASHG, alongside our advocacy partners, continues to help Congress see the impact of human genetics and genomics research, and that robust and sustained funding for the NIH is vital for advancing scientific progress and creating hope. The Messenger recently spoke with a patient participant (who wished to remain anonymous) enrolled in NIH’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network... Read More

The ASHG membership team recently sat down with Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä, PhD, a Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics at the University of Eastern Finland and member of the Member Engagement Committee. As an international member of ASHG’s community, she has had the opportunity to collaborate across the world and expand her research. Dr. Kaikkonen-Määttä shared her lab’s... Read More

ASHG’s proposed language to establish an expanded Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) program at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 omnibus bill passed in December 2022. This language establishes a community engagement program to support efforts to increase the participation of individuals historically underrepresented and hesitant to... Read More