Magnuson elected vice-president and future president of Genetics Society of America

Terry Magnuson, PhD, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor in the Department of Genetics and Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been elected 2018 vice president and 2019 president of the Genetics Society of America.

He has previously served GSA as a member of the Board of Directors and as both an Associate and Senior Editor of the GSA journal GENETICS.

He is also the GSA representative to the Science Policy Committee of FASEB (Federation of America Societies for Experimental Biology). This committee monitors and advocates for science with congressional delegations and the public. He is honored to continue promoting the importance of research in his new leadership role.