Elana Fertig, PhD (IMAGE) University of Maryland School of Medicine Caption Elana Fertig, PhD, was appointeed new director of the Institute for Genome Sciences Credit Elana Fertig Usage Restrictions No restrictions. License Public Domain Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.