ASHG News

Our thoughts are with our members, colleagues, the broader scientific community in Texas, and all affected – we hope you and your loved ones are safe. Read More

Achieving work-life balance as a scientist is hard; the hours are long and can be unpredictable. Here's some advice from Gail Jarvik, a member of ASHG's Board of Directors, a physician and statistical geneticist at the University of Washington, and Head of the Division of Medical Genetics at UW. Read More

We're proud to announce our newest health professional educational program, “Prenatal cfDNA screening”, to address a need for genetics education among OB/GYNs. Read More

I am delighted to announce that ASHG’s statement on germline genome editing was published today in The American Journal of Human Genetics. This statement, written by a workgroup co-led by Kelly Ormond and Doug Mortlock and approved by ASHG’s Board of Directors, gives the Society’s perspective on the use of CRISPR/Cas9 or other similar tools... Read More

This year, ASHG and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) are offering a newly structured travel award for underrepresented* trainees who are full-time undergraduate, graduate, medical students, and postdoctoral/clinical fellows who attend ASHG 2017. Applications are due August 31, 2017 at 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time. Read More