American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

Last updated
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Formation1972
Type Scientific society
Location
  • 5051 Route 42, Unit 4 PMB 1072, Turnersville, NJ 08012
President
Anne Halpin
Website www.ashi-hla.org

The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) is an American scientific society that was established in 1972. [1] It is responsible for accrediting HLA typing laboratories internationally to maintain the quality standards for histocompatibility testing between donors and recipients, with UNOS and NMDP utilizing its service to inspect and determine whether laboratories complied to industrial practices. [2] They also published the first CWD (common and well documented) allele list, encouraging researchers to compare genetic differences between populations. [3] The society sponsors the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (formerly the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics), and offers 5 levels of certification. [4] The medical journal Human Immunology is published by Elsevier on behalf of the society.

Contents

Awards

The society also sponsors several awards in recognition of accomplishments and contributions to the field of histocompatibility and immunogenetics, including: [5]

References

  1. ↑ "American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics". NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Acrobat Accessibility Report" (PDF). optn.transplant.hrsa.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  3. ↑ He, Jun; Li, Yang; Bao, Xiaojing; Qiu, Qiaocheng; Yuan, Xiaoni; Xu, Chao; Shen, Jiehong; Hou, Jianquan (January 2012). "Common and well-documented (CWD) alleles of human leukocyte antigen-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 loci for the Chinese Han population do not quite correlate with the ASHI CWD alleles". Human Immunology. 73 (1): 61–66. doi:10.1016/j.humimm.2011.06.005. PMID   21712058.
  4. ↑ "ACHI - American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics". www.ashi-hla.org.
  5. ↑ "Awards - American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics". www.ashi-hla.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.