Press Releases

ASHG press releases address the latest scientific advances, policy and advocacy viewpoints, and Society activities.

Biochemist and Geneticist Ronald W. Davis Receives $500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize in 2011 for His Pioneering Work Developing Biotechnologies that Have Significantly Advanced the Fields of Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Media Contact: Cassandra Oryl Lunchbox Communications 1 202-309-2263 pr@lunchboxcity.com Gruber Foundation Contact: Bernetia Akin The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation ++1 340-775-4430 media@gruberprizes.org June 8, 2011 – New York, NY – Ronald W. Davis, PhD, a pioneer in innovative biotechnologies, particularly the development and practical application of recombinant DNA and genomic methods to biological organisms,... Read More

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins to Give Keynote Speech at American Society of Human Genetics 60th Annual Meeting

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins to Give Keynote Speech at American Society of Human Genetics 60th Annual Meeting

Media Advisory Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7307 press@ashg.org Dr. Collins to Present on Future Directions in Genetics Research in a Special Symposium and Press Q&A at ASHG 2010 Meeting in Washington, D.C. WHAT: ASHG 2010 Special Symposium and Press Q&A Session: “Looking Toward a Healthier Future: Perspectives from the NIH” The American Society of... Read More

New Research Validates Clinical Use of Family Health History as the ‘Gold Standard’ for Assessing Personal Disease Risk

New Research Validates Clinical Use of Family Health History as the ‘Gold Standard’ for Assessing Personal Disease Risk

PRESS RELEASE Friday, October 22, 2010 Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org Experts Present Findings at ASHG 60th Annual Meeting that Provide New Insight on Patient and Physician Understanding and Use of Family Health History to Assess Disease Risk BETHESDA, MD – October 22, 2010 – Thousands of the world’s top scientists and clinicians... Read More

Researchers Shed Light on Implications and Impact of Using Direct-to-Consumer and Clinical Genetic Testing in Disease Risk Assessment

Researchers Shed Light on Implications and Impact of Using Direct-to-Consumer and Clinical Genetic Testing in Disease Risk Assessment

PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7346 press@ashg.org Scientists Present Latest Research Findings on the Public’s Understanding, Use, and Attitudes Toward Personalized Genetic Testing at ASHG 60th Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – October 20, 2010 – Thousands of the world’s top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will... Read More

University of Washington Geneticist Mary-Claire King Named President-Elect of the American Society of Human Genetics Serving Term in 2012

University of Washington Geneticist Mary-Claire King Named President-Elect of the American Society of Human Genetics Serving Term in 2012

PRESS RELEASE Friday, October 8, 2010 Media Contact: ASHG Press Office 301-634-7307 press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD – October 8, 2010 – The American Society of Human Genetics recently elected Mary-Claire King, PhD, Professor of Genome Sciences and Medical Genetics at the University of Washington in Seattle, to serve as president of the Society in 2012. Founded... Read More

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