Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org Genetics Experts to Present Cutting-edge Neuropsychiatric Research Developments at ICHG/ASHG 2011 Meeting on Genetic Causes of Autism, Schizophrenia, Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy, and a Gene that Protects Against Parkinson’s Disease BETHESDA, MD – September 29, 2011 – The world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics... Read More

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org Researchers present study results at ICHG/ASHG 2011 Meeting that reveal new insights on genetic ancestry of ancient and modern human populations and their evolutionary history BETHESDA, MD – September 29, 2011 – The world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will gather to... Read More

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: ASHG Press Office press@ashg.org 301-634-7307 Most States Fail to Keep Pace with Modern Genetics in Their Science Curricula BETHESDA, MD – September 1, 2011 – A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country’s leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have... Read More

PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org ASHG GERP Grant Award Will Provide Funding to Produce Digital Version of an Educational Game on Genetics Ethics BETHESDA, MD – August 16, 2011 – Maurice Godfrey, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical... Read More

MEDIA ALERT Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org World’s top genetic scientists to present latest research findings at ICHG/ASHG 2011 Meeting, on October 11-15, at Montreal Convention Center BETHESDA, MD – August 16, 2011 – The world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will gather to present... Read More