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The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
…  Richard (Rick) Woychik, Ph.D., has been appointed director of … Project, International Common Disease Alliance (ICDA), Richard Woychik, Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for …
Profile
Carlos Ferreira, M.D., staff clinician in NHGRI's Metabolic Medicine Branch, knows the catalogue of rare skeletal disorders well. With hundreds of known rare bone disorders and more to be discovered, Dr. Ferreira breaks down the challenges of skeletal genomics.
… Soo: Your group was the first to uncover the cause of Saul-Wilson syndrome and characterize the disorder. What are some … findings? Ferreira: We found that all patients with Saul-Wilson syndrome have the same genomic changes and similar … by heart. One that he knows particularly well is Saul-Wilson syndrome, a condition so rare that only four patients …
Research Funding
Coordinates activities across the Genome Sequencing Program components
… Washington University in St. Louis Principal Investigator: Richard Wilson, Ph.D.  Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard , … College of Medicine , Houston Principal Investigator: Richard Gibbs, Ph.D.  The New York Genome Center , New York …
News Release
NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… St. Louis; $60 million, four years Principal Investigator: Richard Wilson, Ph.D. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, … Houston; $60 million, four years Principal Investigator: Richard Gibbs, Ph.D. New York Genome Center, New York City; …
Staff
Dr. Guanjie Chen is a senior research fellow with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… 2014, PMID: 25370040 Loyola University: Xiaofeng Zhu, Richard S. Cooper, Amy Luke, Guanjie Chen, Xiaodong Wu, … DIABETES, VOL. 51, FEB. 2002 Xianfeng Zhu, Richard Cooper, Guanjie Chen, Amy Luke, Robert C. Elston. … Fox, ER, Benjamin EJ, Sparpong DF, Rotimi, CR, Wilson JG, Steffer MW, Chen G, Adeyemo A, etc Epidemiology, …
Staff
Dr. Raman Sood is an associate investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch and director of the Zebrafish Core at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… G, Cuellar A, Carrington B, Lu C-L, Sood R , Boyadjiev SA, Wilson A. A variant associated with sagittal nonsyndromic … R, Meyers D, Gronberg H, Meltzer P, Silverman R, Bailey-Wilson J, Walsh P, Isaacs W, Trent J. Germline mutations in …
Staff
Dr. Ferreira was a staff clinician in the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch and the head of the Skeletal Genomics Unit.
… that elucidated the molecular defect underlying Saul-Wilson syndrome, a rare skeletal dysplasia, and the genetic … research projects focus on three major areas: 1) Saul-Wilson syndrome; 2) disorders of FGF23 metabolism; and 3) disorders of osteocartilaginous overgrowth. Saul-Wilson syndrome is a rare skeletal dysplasia characterized by …
Research at NHGRI
A list of publications led by or in collaboration with the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… Peyser PA, Pankow JS, Engert JC, Bonnefond A, Froguel P, Wilson JG, Sheu WHH, Wu JY, Hayes MG, Ma RCW, Wong TY, … Collins B, Phadnis M, Smith J, Agwai CI, Okoye O, Abdu A, Wilson J, Williams W, Salako BL, Parekh RS, Tayo B, Adu D, … Marten J, Musani SK, Noordam R, Padmanabhan S, Rankinen T, Richard MA, Ridker PM, Smith AV, Vojinovic D, Zonderman AB, …
Staff
Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., served as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2009 to 2025.
… JD, Olson MV, Eichler EE, Green ED, Waterston RH, and Wilson RK: The DNA sequence of human chromosome 7. Nature , … G, Santibanez J, Warren WC, Mardis ER, Weinstock GM, Wilson RK, Genome Institute at Washington University, … TA, Chisholm RL, Ozenberger B, Roden DM, Williams MS, Wilson R, Bick D, Bottinger EP, Brilliant MH, Eng C, Frazer …
Health
Guidance on collecting your family health history information before visiting the doctor.
… when families traditionally gather - U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., and the Department of …