Archived News and Announcements
2010 AAAG Symposium
DM WARREN - APRIL 23, 2010
The 2010 AAAG symposium, "Anthropological genetics in the genomic era: Challenges, opportunities, and directions," took place on April 17th in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the AAPA. The symposium was well attended and was a great success. Special thanks to the organizers, Lorena Havill and Graciela Cabana, for a job very well done. Please see the symposium program for more information on the talks.
2010 Elections Results
DM WARREN - APRIL 23, 2010
The AAAG congratulates our newly elected officers: Lorena Havill of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (President), Graciela Cabana of the University of Tennessee (Vice President), Leslea Hlusko of the University of California, Berkeley (Executive Committee), Connie Mulligan of the University of Florida (Executive Committee), and Geoff Hayes of Northwestern (Executive Committee). We would like to extend our sincere thanks to our officers who completed their terms in 2010, especially Richard Sherwood of Wright State University (President, 2009-2010).
2009 AAAG Election Results
DM WARREN - APRIL 13, 2009
We congratulate our new AAAG President, Dr. Richard Sherwood, our new Vice President, Dr. Lorena Havill, and our new Secretary Treasurer, Dr. Diane Warren. Special thanks to Dr. Ravi Duggirala, our outgoing President, for his dedicated service to the AAAG. The complete list of current AAAG officers and committee members can be found here.
2009 AAAG Symposium and Business Meeting
DM WARREN - APRIL 13, 2009
The 2009 meeting of the AAAG took place in Chicago on April 3, in conjunction with the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the Human Biology Association. The symposium was very successful! All of the talks were to a packed house and were well received. Very special thanks go to all of the symposium participants, and to the session co-organizers, Richard J. Sherwood and Dana L. Duren, both of the Lifespan Health Research Center, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University. There will be more information on the symposium and the student prize winners shortly. The symposium schedule can be viewed here, or downloaded in pdf form here.
Recent changes at Human Biology
DM WARREN - APRIL 13, 2009
The editorship of Human Biology has recently changed. For information on the journal and on submission, please see this page.
Voting privileges extended to student members
DM WARREN - AUGUST 12, 2009
By recent vote, the AAAG bylaws have been changed to allow student members to vote in AAAG elections.
AAAG Facebook Page
DM WARREN - DECEMBER 18, 2008
Extending our social network further into the virtual world, the AAAG now has an official Facebook page. Please stop by!