Publications & News

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424,  press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD–Thousands of human genomics and genetics researchers, clinicians, counselors, public health experts and others will attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Los Angeles, California, October 25-29. Journalists covering ASHG... Read More

The 10th anniversary of the Rally for Medical Research took place on September 14, 2022. ASHG is proud to have again sponsored this event on Capitol Hill, which brought together 250 participants from more than 30 states and Washington, D.C. to meet with 190 congressional offices. Science advocates were enthusiastic to return to the capital... Read More

Albert Hinman, PhD, joined as the 2022-2023 ASHG/NHGRI Genetics & Public Policy Fellow in August. ASHG and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) co-sponsor the Genetics & Public Policy Fellowship to give early-career professionals the opportunity to explore a career in science policy. We recently spoke with Dr. Hinman to learn more about how his background... Read More

ASHG recently sat down with Mike Bamshad, MD, Editor-In-Chief of HGG Advances to learn more about the upcoming launch of the Early-Career Investigator Award set to make its debut in the fall. HGG Advances is ASHG’s open access journal that was unveiled in May of 2020 and is dedicated to providing a high-quality, fully open... Read More

We recently spoke with Sharon Terry, MA, the President and CEO of Genetic Alliance, an enterprise that works to provide programs, products, and tools for people to take charge of their health and to further biomedical research. As part of these efforts, Genetic Alliance recently launched the iHope Genetic Health program to eliminate the barriers... Read More