Jessica Adsit, MS, CGC is the 2025 recipient of the ACMG Foundation Genetic Counselor Best Abstract Award. The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine presented Ms. Adsit this award for her platform presentation, “Next Generation Sequencing in Blastocyst Stage Embryos: Results of over 41,000 Trophectoderm Biopsy Samples,” at the 2025 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
Jessica Adsit, MS, CGC is a board-certified genetic counselor with 16 years of clinical experience. She works as a Manager of GC Services at Natera, Inc., specializing in preimplantation genetic testing and miscarriage testing. Jessica earned her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. She began her career working in clinical research in pediatric skeletal dysplasia and inherited metabolic disease clinics. She then spent several years as a prenatal genetic counselor in a maternal fetal medicine clinic before joining Natera in 2015.
Ms. Adsit said, “Thank you so much to the ACMG Foundation for recognizing the work of myself and my colleagues. I am especially honored to receive an award that highlights the various contributions that genetic counselors make to research and clinical care.”
The ACMG Foundation’s Genetic Counselor Best Abstract Award celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of licensed genetic counselors by presenting a cash prize to the genetic counselor judged as having the best abstract at ACMG’s Annual Genetics Meeting. Any genetic counselor may apply for consideration by checking the appropriate box on their abstract submission form.
“Congratulations to Jessica Adsit, MS, CGC on receiving this important award specifically for genetic counselors. Her work highlights the importance of the role of genetic counselors in the field of genomic medicine. Her work underscores the power of data in the field of preimplantation genetic testing as this field expands,” said Nancy J. Mendelsohn, MD, FACMG, president of the ACMG Foundation.
About the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine
Founded in 1991, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) is a prominent authority in the field of medical genetics and genomics and the only nationally recognized medical professional organization solely dedicated to improving health through the practice of medical genetics and genomics. The only medical specialty society in the US that represents the full spectrum of medical genetics disciplines in a single organization, the ACMG provides education, resources and a voice for more than 2,600 clinical and laboratory geneticists, genetic counselors and other healthcare professionals. ACMG’s mission is to improve health through the clinical and laboratory practice of medical genetics as well as through advocacy, education and clinical research, and to guide the safe and effective integration of genetics and genomics into all of medicine and healthcare, resulting in improved personal and public health. Genetics in Medicine and the new Genetics in Medicine Open, a gold open access journal, are the official ACMG journals. ACMG’s website, www.acmg.net, offers resources including policy statements, practice guidelines, and educational programs. The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine works to advance ACMG educational and public health programs through charitable gifts from corporations, foundations and individuals.
Note to editors: To arrange interviews with experts in medical genetics, contact ACMG Communications Manager, Barry Eisenberg, MS at beisenberg@acmg.net.
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