Dr. Rachel Karchin, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and member of the Institute for Computational Medicine, has recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS) for a three year term. The mission of the HGVS is “To enhance human health through identification and characterization of changes in the genome that lead to susceptibility to illness. To this end, to collate the genomic information necessary for molecular diagnosis, research on basic mechanisms and design of treatments of human ailments.”

More information on the Human Genome Variation Society can be found at their website here.

Congratulations Rachel!