Past Award Recipients

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to recognize substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics.

The ASHG Scientific Achievement Award is presented for remarkable scientific achievements in human genetics that have occurred during the last 10 years.

The ASHG Education Award recognizes outstanding contributions to human genetics education.

The ASHG Advocacy Award honors individuals or groups of individuals who have exhibited excellence and achievement in promoting the science of human genetics and its application for the common good.

The ASHG Mentorship Award honors ASHG members who have significant records of accomplishment as mentors.

The Early Career Award recognizes scientists who are in the early stages of their careers as independent investigators.

The ASHG Leadership Award is presented on behalf of the Society to an individual whose professional achievements have fostered and enriched the development of various human genetics disciplines.

The ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Awards honor excellence in research conducted by trainees through merit-based awards that recognize highly competitive abstracts submitted and presented at the ASHG Annual Meeting. Prior to 2023, award bestowed as Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research.

Each year, the AJHG Award for Outstanding Trainee Publication is presented is presented to trainee authors of two articles published in AJHG in the previous year that best represent outstanding scientific contributions to the field of human genetics. Prior to 2023, award bestowed as the AJHG C.W. Cotterman Award.

Each year, the HGGA Award for Outstanding Early Career Publication annually recognizes outstanding contributions to the field made by young investigators. Prior to 2023, award bestowed as the HGGA Early Career Investigator Award.

The Resource Limited Awards help defray the costs of airfare, hotel, meals and registration for the ASHG Annual Meeting.