Human Genetics Dispatch
Current Spring 2024 Edition
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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)
Dispatch Archives
2024 Spotlight Story
Peng Jin named 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peng Jin, PhD, the Robert W. Woodruff Professor and chair of human genetics in the School of Medicine, has been named a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Jin was selected for embodying scientific excellence while fostering trust in science, and was cited for "distinguished contributions to the field of neurogenetics and neuroepigenetics."
Archived News
2024
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