Human Genetics Dispatch
Summer 2024 Dispatch
This installment of Human Genetics Dispatch includes a message from the Chair; summaries of various faculty, staff, and student accomplishments; notable publications; research news; collaborative projects; and medical genetics updates.
Dispatch Archives
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Addendum 1: Medical Genetics, March 2024 (a remarkable patient story)
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Addendum 2: ACMG 2024 (roundup of meeting)
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2024 Spotlight Story
Rossana Sanchez Russo named to 2024 Top Hispanic & Latino Doctors list
Rossana Sanchez Russo, MD, has been named to Castle Connolly's 2024 Top Hispanic & Latino Doctors. This distinction is part of Castle Connolly's DEI initiative and aims to highlight the underrepresentation of Latino physicians and encourage the next generation of Latino students to pursue careers in medicine. All recognized doctors were nominated by their peers, after which Castle Connolly's research team evaluated each nominee using such selective criteria as professional qualifications, research leadership, and outcomes data.
Archived News
2024
Elizabeth Leslie and Jingjing Yang honored as top Emory researchers
Emily Allen honored by National Fragile X Foundation
Elizabeth Leslie honored for orofacial clefts research
NextGen biomedical internship program inspires creativity
Hong Li, Rossana Sanchez Russo, and William R. Wilcox named to Atlanta magazine's 2024 Top Doctors
Peng Jin named 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Emory Brain Organoid Hub Workshop, 10/14-10/18/24
Bing Yao and colleagues detail how depletion of TDP-43 facilitates neurodegenerative diseases
New faculty member: Jian Zhou, PhD
2023
Hong Li and William R. Wilcox named to Atlanta magazine's 2023 Top Doctors
In Memoriam: Genetic counselor and pioneer Cecelia Bellcross
Heyman Family Fragile X Trainee Fund
2022
Stephen T. Warren Memorial Symposium
NextGen gives high school students a peek at biomedical research
Hong Li & William Wilcox named Atlanta's Top Clinical Genetics Doctors in 2022
DOHG & DOMG celebrate Rare Diseases Day
Support the Stephen T. Warren Memorial Fund
2021:
Emory Genetics Clinic and CHOA join NORD Rare Disease Center of Excellence network
Maureen Sampson, PhD, named Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Fellow
Dawn Laney, PhD, honored by Emory School of Medicine as an outstanding faculty member
2020:
Emory Fragile X Center: $8 million NIH grant supports next-generation neuroscience