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For Patients and Families
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
… The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases … The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)  was … accurate information - in both English and Spanish - about genetic and rare diseases. So far, GARD has responded to over …
For Teachers
The genetic timeline lesson plan gives students an historical perspective of the discoveries that led to our present understanding of the human genome.
… The genetic timeline lesson plan gives students an historical … The genetic timeline activity may be most effectively done at the … take two periods. Preparation Print out two copies of the Genetic Timeline  boxes of discoveries. Use one as the master … Genetic Timeline Lesson Plan …
Staff
Jie Zhou is a data manager and SAS programmer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… management and analysis. She has applied her SAS skills to genetic epidemiology, clinical trials, and biotechnology. She has … participation and comprehension of informed consent in a genetic epidemiological study of breast cancer in Nigeria. … G, Zhou J, Shriner D, Doumatey A, Huang H, Rotimi C. FTO genetic variation and association with obesity in West …
Staff
Dr. Ayo Doumatey is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Manager at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… from Howard University. She has conducted research on genetic epidemiology of metabolic disorders especially obesity and … 6. doi: 10.1002/art.40541 Pattaro C…, Doumatey A, et al. Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and … Central PMCID: PMC4735748. Locke AE…, Doumatey A, et al. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for …
Talking Glossary
Understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research
… Genetic Ancestry … Genetic ancestry refers to information about the people that … individual is biologically descended from, including their genetic relationships. … Genetic ancestry refers to information about the people that … individual is biologically descended from, including their genetic relationships. Genetic information can be combined …
Research Funding
The PhenX Toolkit is a freely available web catalog of standard protocols for collecting data in biomedical and epidemiologic research
Fact Sheets
Genetic mapping offers evidence that a disease transmitted from parent to child is linked to one or more genes and clues about where a gene lies on a chromosome.
… Genetic mapping offers evidence that a disease transmitted … and to understand their function. One of these tools is genetic mapping. Genetic mapping - also called linkage mapping - can offer … To produce a genetic map, researchers collect blood or tissue samples from …
Research Training
An opportunity for medical school graduates to complete a combined, five-year residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics.
… the diagnosis, management, and counseling of patients with genetic disorders. Combined residents gain broad experience … Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Genetic Disorders …
Fact Sheets
Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… activities of cells and functions of the body. Examples of genetic or inherited disorders include cystic fibrosis (See: … diseases are typically caused more by a combination of genetic and environmental factors than by individual genes. … screening and testing options are available, and, for some genetic conditions, what treatments are available. (See: …
Research Training
This program offers training in a combined program of maternal-fetal medicine and medical genetics.
… a unique training opportunity for understanding the genetic etiologies seen in prenatally diagnosed anomalies and the impact of genetic and metabolic disease on healthy and high risk … Genetics is a complementary training program in the genetic basis of disease, both adult and pediatric, including …