NIH

In May 2024, ASHG hosted a fourth year of virtual advocacy meetings with policymakers on Capitol Hill. Over the course of a week, participants in the  2024 cohort of the Advocacy Certificate for Human Genetics and Genomics Trainees (ACGT) program joined members of past  ACGT  cohorts and members of the  Government and Public Advocacy Committee (GPAC)  in meetings with 15 congressional... Read More

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 21, 2024, 1:30 pm U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202.257.8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) thanks Congress for sustaining its support for biomedical research in the FY 2024 conference agreement by funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at $47.1 billion. In a... Read More

The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) was established to transform the translational process so that new treatments and cures for disease can be delivered to patients faster. ASHG recently spoke with Joni L. Rutter, PhD, Director of NCATS, about how human genetics and genomics is fueling the translational pipeline... Read More

The fall U.S. legislative season will be a busy one and ASHG will be calling on U.S. ASHG members to contact their members of Congress to support and protect funding for the National Institutes of Health. Here is what you need to know – and how and when ASHG may ask for your active engagement. ... Read More

ASHG recently spoke with Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, President and CEO of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), on how this organization leverages expertise across a breadth of scientific industries to address complex health challenges and accelerate research, particularly in human genetics and genomics.  The FNIH is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable... Read More