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NIH awarded grants to six medical centers to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop effective approaches to diagnose them.
… The National Institutes of Health has awarded grants to six medical centers around the country to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and together develop effective approaches to … Each clinical site will contribute local medical expertise to the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network …
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Dr. Joshua Denny is the head of the NHGRI Precision Health Informatics Section and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program.
… Dr. Denny’s research interests include use of electronic health records (EHRs) and genomics data from large-scale biobanks … for Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was both a practicing internist and … effectively characterize and identify genetic diseases. Electronic Health Records (EHRs), which typically include …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is helping us choose the right medication at the right dose for each patient.
… and researchers are constantly seeking both to optimize medical treatments and to avoid adverse (or negative) … Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Database  and speak with your medical care team. And, if you'd like to be part of a …
eMERGE
Important information about RFAs, upcoming dates, frequently asked questions and helpful links.
… secondary findings as described by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)? No, applicants should … section. Can sites focus recruitment on patients with a medical or family history that increases risk for one of the … Center. Additional testing outside this for routine medical care, not covered by the patient’s existing insurance …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… will be led by Leslie Biesecker, M.D., chief of the NHGRI Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, who has … new ways. At the same time, the growing availability of electronic health records for use in research has enabled unprecedented … genomic data, large-scale health data, precision medicine, electronic health records, Leslie Biesecker, Joseph Denny …
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Evaluating genetic features of inherited diseases by sequencing the genetic code helps with the cost and time challenges in medical practice.
… of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch. But even with … without its challenges. With more genomic advances in the medical arena comes a wider gap in training scientists and … genetic code helps with the cost and time challenges in medical practice. ​ …
Human Genome Project
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Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… today that Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be providing … The UDN also includes seven clinical sites at academic medical centers and at the NIH, as well as a coordinating center operated by Harvard Medical School in Boston. In addition, NIH announced six UDN …
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A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… - is moving from research laboratories into general medical practice. Now, two leading scientists have sketched … M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, note in the June 19, 2014, issue of … Journal of Medicine (NEJM) . Biesecker, chief of NHGRI's Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, predicted …
Research Training
This program provides doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genomic approaches to advance the growing area of health disparities research
… Postdoctoral Fellowship provides recent doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genetic and genomic … This program ​provides doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genomic approaches … This program provides doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genomic approaches …