June 2016

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Thursday, June 30, 2016 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-04:00) Geneticist to Receive Award at ASHG 2016 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Stanley M. Gartler, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Genome... Read More

Trainee Author: Folefac Aminkeng, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow The University of British Columbia (Photo courtesy Dr. Aminkeng) Folefac Aminkeng et al. A Coding Variant in RARG Confers Susceptibility to Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Childhood Cancer. Nature Genetics, Volume 47, 1079-1084 (2015). Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. At least 14.1 million people are diagnosed... Read More

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-04:00) Geneticist to Receive Award at ASHG 2016 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named James Gusella, PhD, Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics in the Department of Genetics... Read More

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Monday, June 27, 2016 10:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Geneticist and Educator to Receive Award at ASHG 2016 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named David Valle, MD, Henry J. Knott Professor and Director of... Read More

Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, June 24, 2016 9:00 am U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Canadian Advocates to Receive Award at ASHG 2016 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named the Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness (CCGF); and Senator James Cowan,... Read More