Q&A

Chief Scientific Officer Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Croft: Then, I tended to good-naturedly let some situations pass, when they needed to be actively sorted out. The advice I’d... Read More

Park Gerald Chair in Genetics and Genomics, Associate Chief Boston Children’s Hospital ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Bodamer: Do not be afraid to think outside the box when approaching scientific problems. I remember that... Read More

Applications Scientist, Production Genomics Fluidigm ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Lee: I would have taken the time to learn some bioinformatics and dealing with big data. My PI always thought I should have taken... Read More

Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Duke University/Duke University Medical Center ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Sullivan: Broaden your experimental portfolio. I loved the topic of my PhD thesis and my postdoc with... Read More

General Director Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru ASHG: What are specific challenges faced by clinicians who also want to have a research career in genetics? Dr. Mazzetti: In Peru, there are few genetics residency training program; I am a neurologist and there are no formal ways to go from neurology to neurogenetics. We have developed... Read More