Director's Report-Related Documents February 2022 Director's Report [28.3 MB]Director's Report [139 MB] Watch on YouTube No.Relevant Documents1New Chief Data Science Strategist & Director, Office of Genomic Data Science2Training, Diversity, and Health Equity (TiDHE) OfficeTiDHE OfficeTiDHE News FeatureNHGRI Action Agenda Webpage3NASEM Consensus Study4Genomics and Health Disparities Lecture Series5Presidential Rank Award6Bold Predictions Seminar Series7Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) ConsortiumT2T WebsiteNurk - The complete sequence of a human genome8Francis Collins Steps Down as Director, National Institutes of HealthFrancis Collins to Step Down as Director of the National Institutes of HealthHHS Secretary Becerra Names Dr. Lawrence Tabak Acting Director of NIH9President Biden Visits NIH10Retirement of NIH Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Science Research11NIH Genomic Data Sharing PolicyNOT-OD-22-029 - Request for Information on Proposed Updates and Long-Term Considerations for the NIH Genomic Data Sharing PolicyRefreshing NIH’s Genomic Data Sharing Policy12Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations13Mourning the Loss of Debbie NickersonIn Memoriam: Deborah Nickerson, Genome PioneerNHGRI Tribute14Mourning the Loss of Tom Caskey15Mourning the Loss of Haig Kazazian162021 American Society of Human Genetics Awards17Elected to National Academy of Medicine18Elected to AAAS19New HHMI Investigators20New President, The Jackson Laboratory21Science’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year & Runners Up22The Scientist’s Top Technical Advances of 202123Nature’s Seven Technologies to Watch in 202224Genome Sequencing Program (GSP), Centers for Mendelian Genomics (CMG)CMG Program WebsiteBaxter - Centers for Mendelian Genomics: A decade of facilitating gene discovery25Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP)HGRP WebsiteHGRP Consortium Website26Comparative Genomics: Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) ProgramNHGRI Notice of NIH Participation in the National Science Foundation Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) ProgramNSF Program SolicitationNSF EDGE Website2020 NHGRI Strategic Vision27Technology Development ProgramTechnology Development Program WebsiteTechnology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) WebsiteRFA-HG-21-006 - Transformative Nucleic Acid Sequencing Technology Innovation and Early Development (R01)RFA-HG-21-007 - Transformative Nucleic Acid Sequencing Technology Innovation and Early Development (R21)RFA-HG-21-008 - Transformative Nucleic Acid Sequencing Technology Innovation and Early Development (R43/R44)28Small Business Program29ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) ENCODE Program WebsiteENCODE PortalENCODE ParticipantsNHGRI Genomics2020 Strategic PlanningENCODE Data Utilization WorkshopSearch Candidate cis-Regulatory Elements by ENCODE (SCREEN)Reilly - Direct Characterization of cis-Regulatory Elements and Functional Dissection of Complex Genetic Associations Using HCR-FlowFISHNasser - Genome-Wide Enhancer Maps Link Risk Variants to Disease GenesZhang - A Single-Cell Atlas of Chromatin Accessibility in the Human GenomeNHGRI K99/R00 Funding Opportunities30Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF)31Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) ProjectNHGRI Press ReleasedGTEx Program Website32NHGRI Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL)AnVIL Program WebsiteAnVIL PortalFuture Directions of the NHGRI AnVIL Workshop33Phenotypes and Exposures (PhenX) Toolkit PhenX ToolkitSickle Cell Disease CollectionCOVID-19 Variable Compare Tool34Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) NetworkeMERGE Network WebsiteeMERGE ResourcesKullo - Polygenic Risk Scores for Diverse Ancestries: Making Genomic Medicine Equitable35Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER) ProgramCSER Program WebsiteCSER Consortium WebsiteGutierrez - Examining access to Care in Clinical Genomic research and Medicine: Experiences from the CSER ConsortiumPhillips - U.S. Private Payers' Perspectives on Insurance Coverage for Genome Sequencing Versus Exome Sequencing: A Study by the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research Consortium (CSER)36Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen)ClinGen Program WebsiteClinGen and GeT-RM Collaborative Project37Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations (PRIMED) ConsortiumPRIMED Program WebsitePRIMED Consortium WebsiteMercader - Predicting Diabetes Risk in Diverse Populations: What Next?38International 100K+ Cohort Consortium (IHCC)IHCC Consortium WebsiteGlobal Genomic Medicine Collaborative (G2MC)39Workshop on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Gene-Environment Interaction ResearchELSI Research Program WebsiteWorkshop Webpage40Supporting Talented Early Career Researchers in Genomics41Human Heredity & Health in Africa (H3Africa)H3Africa Consortium WebsitePolygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations (PRIMED) ConsortiumHarnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa)424D Nucleome (4DN)4DN Data Portal4DN Seminar Series4DN Overview4DN Funded ProjectsDekker - Systematic Evaluation of Chromosome Conformation Capture AssaysGuttman - RNA Promotes the Formation of Spatial Compartments in the NucleusDisteche/Noble - Single-Cell Landscape of Nuclear Configuration and Gene Expression During Stem Cell Differentiation and X InactivationPombo - Cell-Type Specialization is Encoded by Specific Chromatin Topologies4DN YouTube Channel43All of Us Research ProgramAll of Us Research Program WebsiteKarriem Watson, DHSc, Named Chief Engagement Officer of NIH’s All of Us Research ProgramNIH’s All of Us Research Program Selects Next Chief Medical and Scientific OfficerHolly Garriock, Ph.D., Selected as Chief Cohort Development Officer of All of Us Research Program44New Informed Consent Information45Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Greenhouse46New and Refreshed NHGRI Fact Sheets47Introducing The Forefront of Genomics Newsletter48NHGRI History of Genomics ProgramThe Meaning of Eugenics Symposium WebsiteThe Meaning of Eugenics Symposium RecordingsEugenics and Scientific Racism Fact SheetEugenics and Scientific Racism Timeline49Family Health History Social Media CampaignFamily Health History WebsiteWildin - Modernizing Family Health History: Achievable Strategies to Reduce Implementation GapsFamilies Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) Workbook50Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) Scholars51Genome: Unlocking Life's Code Exhibition52New Chair, National Cancer Advisory Board53History of Population Descriptors in GeneticsByeon - Evolving Use of Ancestry, Ethnicity, and Race in Genetics Research-A Survey Spanning Seven DecadesHuman Geneticists Curb Use of the Term ‘Race’ in their Papers54High-Profile Intramural Research Program HighlightsThis Genetic Sleuth Has Uncovered A New Category Of Disease Marked By Sporadic Fevers And Inflammation Rare disease with Fatal Diagnosis Doesn't Stop this Woman from Living Life – and Helping Others H3Africa Funds Scientists, Advances Genomics, and Fosters Collaboration in Africa55One-Stop-Shop’ to Stay Connected Last updated: March 1, 2022