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The Medical Genetics Branch studies inherited disorders of metabolism and of human development.
… The Medical Genetics Branch (MGB) seeks to identify and understand inherited … Projects performed at the biochemical, molecular, and cell biological levels involve the direct study of human … model systems, such as zebrafish and mouse. The Branch fosters outstanding basic research and serves as a …
CRGGH is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… As part of this reorganization, the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) is now part of the newly-created Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics … appreciated with the increased interaction between CRGGH and other MCIDGB groups, including those of Dan Kastner , …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic Medicine Branch houses clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the development of new therapies for patients with genetic disorders.
… The Metabolic Medicine Branch (MMB) houses clinical and laboratory research programs … Development Program, and faculty members are active in the medical genetics/genomics and genetic counseling training programs, outreach … Related Programs and Centers … Branch Staff …
Research Training
Three-year residency program in medical genetics that trains physicians to diagnose, manage and counsel patients with genetic disorders.
… Institute (NHGRI) offers a three-year residency program in medical genetics that trains physicians to diagnose, manage and counsel patients with genetic disorders. … The Medical Genetics Residency Program exposes students to rare … clinical research, one of the few programs to do so; and grants access to the vast resources at the National …
Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics … that are disproportionately distributed by ethnicity and geography (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney … The branch houses the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, which advances research into the …
Genetic Disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism are disorders that cause a block in a metabolic pathway leading to clinically significant consequences.
… reactions are responsible for the breakdown of nutrients and the generation of energy in our bodies. Inborn errors of … (IEM) are a group of disorders that causes a block in a metabolic pathway leading to clinically significant … "CPS1 deficiency". A list of broad categories of IEM and some examples are listed below. IEM Examples Urea cycle …
Research Training
A one-year fellowship program that trains highly motivated physicians to diagnose, manage, and counsel patients with inborn errors of metabolism.
… The Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship Program is a one-year fellowship program … trains highly motivated physicians to diagnose, manage, and counsel patients with inborn errors of metabolism. … Like the Medical Genetics Residency Program, this program is … not be seen in a more typical biochemical genetics program and it is one of the few programs that emphasizes clinical …
Research Training
An opportunity for medical school graduates to complete a combined, five-year residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics.
… The Combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Residency Program is a remarkable opportunity for medical school graduates to complete a combined, five-year … The Combined Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Residency Program, offered in conjunction … examinations in Pediatrics (ABP) and Clinical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). The combined training program is recognized …
News Release
NHGRI has selected Charles Venditti, M.D., Ph.D., as chief of its Metabolic Medicine Branch within the Institute’s Intramural Research Program. In this role, he will provide leadership and guidance on research into genetic diseases that disrupt metabolism.
… Venditti to provide leadership for clinical and laboratory research programs that focus on the … “We are at an exciting time in metabolic medicine and in genomics research — where scientific progress is being made … in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, which was followed by a medical genetics …
Research Training
This program offers training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and medical genetics.
… The Metropolitan D.C. Medical Genetics Program also offers new subspecialty training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and med genetics in collaboration with the Washington … focus on maternal-fetal medicine and two years of focus on medical genetics. As part of the maternal fetal medicine …