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The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… Shortly before the holidays, Congress passed and the President signed a federal budget for Fiscal Year … that comprise a federal budget was very good news for NIH and NHGRI – another nice increase in funding. In addition to … of just over 3% that almost all other NIH institutes and centers received, NHGRI was given some additional funds …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
… of people who use the workbook discuss their disease risks and health history with family members. … Health (NIH), have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use … (2021). Formative Evaluation of the Families SHARE Disease Risk Tool among Low-Income African Americans . Public health …
Funding for Research Training
NHGRI T32 frequently asked questions regarding post award and grants management.
… If the training grant award was issued in July and a stipend increase subsequently made effective the next … long as there is no additional obligation for the trainee and the institution has policies in place consistently … trainee costs include funds awarded in the stipends and tuition/fees budget categories. These costs may not be …
News Release
Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… announced today that Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Each site will receive more than $2.5 million … which govern lab tests for diagnostic, treatment of health assessment or prevention. Howard J. Jacob, Ph.D., professor …
Administrative
The Management Analysis and Workforce Development Branch provides advisory services, develops policies and procedures, and coordinates implementation at NHGRI.
… The Management Analysis and Workforce Development Branch (MAWDB) … provides management advisory services, develops management and administrative policies and procedures, and coordinates … Privacy Coordination and Compliance Records Management Risk Management Delegations of Authority Conference/Travel …
Research Funding
​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… all applicants due to the complex nature of the body and the diseases being investigated. However, they do fully … goals of UDN are to: (1) improve the level of diagnosis and care for patients with undiagnosed diseases through the … clinical sites. The DMCC will also support Research Cores (genomic sequencing, model organisms screening center, …
Staff
Jyoti Dayal is a program officer in the Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
… Ms. Dayal is a program officer in the Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research Institute … She joined the Extramural Research Program in 2015, and her portfolio includes the NIH Common Fund Undiagnosed … Network (UDN) and Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) programs. …
News Release
NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… New consortium will include six study sites and one coordinating center. … develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse … calculate polygenic risk scores by comparing the genomic data of people with and without a particular disease. …
Research Funding
The IGNITE PTN supports a network of multi-site clinical groups involving diverse settings and populations to conduct two pragmatic clinical trials of genomic medicine interventions.
… The Implementing Genomic in Practice (IGNITE) Network was established in 2013 ( RFA-HG-12-006 , RFA-HG-12-007  and RFA-HG-13-004 ) to develop methods for incorporating … the effect of returning apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) genetic risk information to hypertensive African ancestry patients …
News Release
UDN expands the footprint of the network with a new metabolomics core and increased model organism capabilities.
… Health (NIH) has awarded 16 four-year grants to academic and medical centers nationwide to begin the second phase of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). The total investment planned for the UDN over … UDN takes advantage of cutting edge technologies such as genomic sequencing, metabolomics and assessing patient …