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The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… and Economics … Program Contact: Nicole Lockhart … Genomic Research Design and Implementation Diversity and Inclusion in Genomic Research Community Engaged and Community Driven Research Design and Conduct of Genomic Research Consent …
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NHGRI hosts a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" about using virtual reality to study a host of questions about the human genome.
… make up the vast majority of the participants in genomics research. … NHGRI's leadership recently published a … lays out the challenges to achieving diversity in genomics research, the ways in which NHGRI has shown its commitment to … studies, to the factors that play into creating diverse study populations.  Vence Bonham, Maggie Ginoza, Larry …
Research at NHGRI
News stories and events related to research conducted by NHGRI scientists and clinicians.
… Research News and Events … News stories and events related to research conducted by NHGRI scientists and clinicians. … News stories and events related to research conducted by NHGRI scientists and clinicians. … …
Research Funding
Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
… The Centers of Excellence in ELSI Research bring investigators from multiple disciplines … and genomics.  … Since its creation in 1990, the ELSI Research Program has supported a large body of research on a wide range of topics. ELSI research addresses …
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Four NIH grants will support research on the ethical, legal and social questions raised by genomics research advances and genomic information.
… grants from the National Institutes of Health will support research on the ethical, legal and social questions raised by advances in genomics research and the increasing availability of genomic … speak different languages and forms centers where they can study issues across disciplines. These grants are diverse and …
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Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health … It also limits applicability of the databases to genomic research and to the clinical care of diverse populations. … J.D., associate investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at NIH's National Human Genome Research …
Research Funding
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases
… ), GTEx will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases. … and medical information to the GTEx project makes possible research that will help improve our understanding of … Director, in partnership with the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, …
Research at NHGRI
In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions.
… clinically-oriented patient care services as part of research studies. Staff Clinicians are expected to provide … In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better understand, … In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better understand, …
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Research studies are now using polygenic risk scores to determine a person’s inherited risk for certain diseases, but there are inconsistencies in how these scores are calculated. NHGRI has published guidelines in Nature for how these scores should be reported.
… risk scores in clinical care. To address this concern, the research teams, funded primarily by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), have published a 22-item … of the new reporting framework items include detailing the study population and the basis for choosing that population. …
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A new study offers insights into why some people's hair goes gray in response to a serious illness or chronic stress.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … A new mouse study offers insights into why some people's hair goes gray … Ph.D., study co-author and chief of the Genetic Disease Research Branch at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). "These results may enhance our …