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North Asians may be more closely related to Eastern and Northern Europeans than previously thought.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … North Asians, including Mongolians and other Siberian ethnic groups, may be more closely related to Eastern and Northern Europeans - including the people of Finland -- … data that fills the information gap for this region and the genomics of present-day East Asians. It potentially …
Educational Resources
NHGRI participates in the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference to help increase genomic literacy.
… Voting for the SXSW and SXSW EDU Conference is now closed. Please check back … the answer to our identity always seems to shift. Today, race is often used as an identifier. But race is a fluid … and intertwined relationships between a person's ancestry, ethnicity, and racial identity. So, we ask, is there a world …
Talking Glossary
Scientific racism is a historical pattern of ideologies that generate pseudo-scientific racist beliefs.
… racist beliefs. That perpetually influences racial bias and discrimination in science and research. Leading scientists across scientific institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries were proponents of such ideologies. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… Ph.D. … As signaled by the rapid arrival of cold weather and the seemingly overnight arrival of holiday-themed daily … Disparities, Vence Bonham, J.D., entitled "Examining How Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry Data Are Used in Biomedical …
Research Funding
The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… Program Contact: Sheethal Jose … Genomics and Sociocultural Structures and Values Genomics and the … and medicine is also of interest. Concepts such as race, gender, disability, literacy and class can influence … stigmatization or discrimination based on their race, ethnicity or gender identity. How individuals, families and …
FAQ
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. The following questions were answered during the meeting.
… that gave rise to the PRSs used in a clinical population and considering any discordance in the population that gave … the social structural ramifications of screening based on race and/or genetic ancestry? Recognizing that genetic … ancestry and thus the two can't be conflated - (race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry). Thank you for your comment. …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH develops a comprehensive staff and training program that uses genomic approaches to study human health and to reduce/eliminate health disparities.
… for the training of several minority scientists and students from high school through graduate programs and … as participants and researchers. "There is only one human race", Rotimi says. "One common characteristic of humans is … Africans beneath our skin." What Rotimi does not study is race. "If we look at pharmacogenomics and social groups — …
The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project, and the 20th anniversary of National DNA Day. To commemorate … challenges in the use of population descriptors such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genetics and genomics research. …
Media Advisory
On December 7, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a webinar to discuss the key findings from a recently released Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… of Human Genetics (ASHG) released the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report, which lays a foundation … about the genomics workforce demographics, which include race, ethnicity, ancestry; age; gender identity; sexual …
News Release
April 25, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated as part of National DNA Day.
… DNA Day commemorates Human Genome Project’s completion and discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure. … Today … Engineering, and Medicine report about the use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry in biomedical and genomics research. …