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BMI Faculty Neil Risch receives ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award
$25,000 prize recognizes substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics
By Rebecca Dawson / Sun Aug 13, 2023
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Neil Risch, PhD, Lamond Family Foundation Distinguished Professor in Human Genetics and Founding Director of the Institute for Human Genetics, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), as the 2023 recipient of the annual ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award.
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ASHG Honors Neil Risch, PhD with the 2023 ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award
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