The ASHG Scientific Achievement Award was established in 2001 and is presented annually by the
American Society of Human Genetics
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), founded in 1948, is a professional membership organization for specialists in human genetics. As of 2009, the organization had approximately 8,000 members. The society's members include researchers, ...
(ASHG) for outstanding scientific achievements in
human genetics
Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in Human, human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, populatio ...
that have occurred in the last 10 years.
The award was formerly known as the Curt Stern Award, or the Stern Award, named in honor of
Curt Stern
Curt Stern (August 30, 1902 – October 23, 1981) was a German-born American geneticist.
Life
Curt Jacob Stern was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Hamburg, Germany on August 30, 1902. He was the first son of Earned S. Stern, born ...
(1902–1981), a pioneering human geneticist.
It was renamed in 2023 along with several other ASHG awards in a new organizational policy that removed individual's names from awards in favor of descriptive names.
Award recipients
Source
American Society of Human Genetics
See also
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List of genetics awards
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Past ASHG Award Recipients
American science and technology awards
Awards established in 2001
Genetics awards
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