Gonçalo Abecasis and Mark Daly have been named recipients of the Curt Stern award from the American Society of Human Genetics.
Abecasis is a professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Daly is an associate professor of medicine and chief of the analytic and translational genetics unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
The award recognizes genetics and genomics researchers who have made significant scientific contributions during the past decade. Abecasis and Daly will receive the award, which carries a $5,000 cash prize for each, on October 20 during the ASHG Annual Meeting in San Diego.