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Athena Starlard-Davenport, PhD is one of the eight inaugural HGSI scholars for 2019-2021. She is an assistant professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), where she studies globin gene regulation in sickle cell disease, breast cancer genetics, and cancer disparities. Dr. Starlard-Davenport recently received her first R01 independent... Read More
Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with Casey Romanoski to discuss her paper, “Systems Genetics in Human Endothelial Cells Identifies Non-coding Variants Modifying Enhancers, Expression, and Complex Disease Traits”. AJHG: What caused you to start working on... Read More
On May 7, ASHG partnered with the National Hispanic Medical Association to participate in their Twitter chat on precision medicine. ASHG Public Engagement and Advocacy Committee member Kenneth Ramos, MD, PhD answered questions about the All of Us Research Program. Dr. Ramos is the executive director of the Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston... Read More
Director for Recruitment and Inclusion for Graduate Programs in Bioscience University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Dr. Azurdia earned her BS in Biochemistry from California State University (CSU) Los Angeles, where she was a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) trainee. She later earned her PhD in Molecular Biology and... Read More
Director of STEM and Undergraduate Education Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX-GM) Dr. Wojiski earned her BS from the University of Connecticut and her PhD in genetics from Harvard University. Prior to joining JAX-GM, she taught at Southern Connecticut State University and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Her job at JAX-GM includes... Read More