Press Releases

ASHG Announces 2025 Professional Award Recipients

ASHG Announces 2025 Professional Award Recipients

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Evelyn Mantegani, (301) 634-7300, [email protected] Rockville, Md. – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) congratulates the recipients of the ASHG 2025 Professional Awards, honoring outstanding scientific achievements in genetics and genomics education, mentoring and application of research for the common... Read More

ASHG Organizational Comment on FY 2026 President’s Budget Request

ASHG Organizational Comment on FY 2026 President’s Budget Request

 President’s Proposed Budget Insufficient to Support Biomedical Research “Today, the Trump Administration released a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 that cuts the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by nearly 40 percent and the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget by 57 percent. Without adequate funding for NIH, NSF and other agencies within HHS, research... Read More

Only Two Weeks Remain Until the ASHG 2024 Annual Meeting <em></br>Human Genetics and Genomics Research Community to Come to Denver</em>

Only Two Weeks Remain Until the ASHG 2024 Annual Meeting
Human Genetics and Genomics Research Community to Come to Denver

For Immediate Release: October 22, 2024, 10:00 am U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202-257-8424, [email protected] The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting will take place November 5-9, 2024 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo. Credentialed members of the press and media are eligible to request complimentary press access to... 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 [email protected] 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