The JHG Young Scientist Award recognizes articles that have made a significant contribution to the Journal of Human Genetics, thanks to their scientific excellence and impact in the field of human genetics.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 JHG Young Scientist Award.
Ana S.A. Cohen
Present affiliation: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Previous affiliation (associated with the work awarded): Department of Medical Genetics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
For the paper entitled
EED-associated overgrowth in a second male patient.
J Hum Genet (2016) 61, Issue 9 Page 831–834, https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2016.51.
Mariko Okubo
Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP.
For the paper entitled
Genetic diagnosis of Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy using next-generation sequencing: validation analysis of DMD mutations.
J Hum Genet (2016) 61, Issue 6 Page 483–489, https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2016.7.
We would like to offer our warmest congratulations and wish them every success in their future careers.
Naomichi Matsumoto
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Human Genetics
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Matsumoto, N. The 2019 JHG Young Scientist Award. J Hum Genet 65, 207 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s10038-019-0708-z
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