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Research Training
Competitive scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to support careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research.
… backgrounds that are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. … The UGSP offers scholarship support, paid research training during the summer, and paid employment and training at NIH after graduation. … to support careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research. …
News Release
How well cancer patients fare after chemotherapy can be affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment.
… patients fare after chemotherapy can be affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment, … to a new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. …
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 Branch (MCIDGB) studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases. … that are disproportionately distributed by ethnicity and geography (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney …
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 … important new, or particularly persistent, ethical, legal, and social issues related to advances in genetics and genomics.  … These projects may explore and elucidate the personal, social and cultural factors that shape the generation, …
Research at NHGRI
The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies how genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease.
… The Genetic Disease Research Branch studies the mechanisms by which genetic changes affect the structure and function of gene products leading to human disease. … in understanding how disruptions in signaling pathways and transcription factors contribute to disease. Our …
News Release
NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… Anything" (AMA) with members of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program, a part of the Division … like CRISPR-Cas9 raise? The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program, is designed to bring …
Administrative
NHGRI branch responsible for education and community involvement programs to increase understanding of genomics and its ethical, legal, and social issues.
… The Education and Community Involvement Branch (ECIB) develops education and community involvement programs to engage a broad range of … genomics and accompanying ethical, legal, and social issues. … the dissemination of information to teachers, students, and consumers. The branch acts as a liaison between the NHGRI …
Staff
Dr. Philip Shaw was an investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Senior Investigator at the Neurobehavioral Clinical Research Section of the National Human Genome Research … from 2011 - 2024. His main interest was in the genetic and environmental factors that influence the development of brain and behavior. A focus of his work was the most common …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and colleagues are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome.
… Researchers at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and their colleagues* are calling for health disparities … on us -- are both influenced by people's environments and social interactions. As a result, the microbiome and health … shedding light on how a person's microbiome interacts with social and environmental factors," said Vence L. Bonham, Jr., …
Staff
Vence Bonham is the acting deputy director for NHGRI and an associate investigator in NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch.
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… of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and a member of the senior leadership team for the institute. … at NHGRI within the Division of Intramural Research's Social and Behavioral Research Branch. Throughout his tenure at NHGRI, … Within the Social and Behavioral Research Branch, Mr. Bonham …