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Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Genetic Medicine, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). Her three-year term will begin on Jan. 1, 2025.

Recommending expanded screening could help African Americans, suggests new research. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) may make recommendations to revise current lung cancer screening guidelines to reduce large differences between outcomes of African American and white patients.