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Research Funding
The Division of Genomic Medicine promotes the NHGRI's efforts to advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care.
… the institute's efforts to advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care. … Network (GAIN) Genes and Environment Initiative (GEI) Genomics and Randomized Trials Network (GARNET) Gene Environment Association Studies (GENEVA) Implementing Genomics in Practice (IGNITE) Newborn Sequencing in Genomic …
News
NHGRI launched a new round of strategic planning to establish a 2020 vision for genomics research that will accelerate scientific and medical breakthroughs.
… strategic planning that will establish a 2020 vision for genomics research aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs. … public communities to identify paradigm-shifting areas of genomics that will expand the field into new frontiers and … area of biomedical research and a growing component of medical care, with far-reaching implications for society. As …
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.
… past few months, NHGRI staff will continue pursuing our genomics-driven mission, whether working remotely from home … findings of sexual harassment. Last month’s issue of The Genomics Landscape featured NHGRI efforts to develop a plan for substantially increasing the diversity of the genomics workforce in the United States. This included …
News Release
Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… Institutes of Health and Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School.* … Bonham is also the Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities. "Because genomic information … the study's first author and a genetics fellow at Harvard Medical School. The researchers noted that policies and …
Talking Glossary
A secondary genomic finding refers to a genomic variant, found through the analysis of a person’s genome, that is of potential medical value yet is unrelated to the initial reason for examining the person’s genome.
… the analysis of a person’s genome, that is of potential medical value yet is unrelated to the initial reason for … the analysis of a person’s genome, that is of potential medical value yet is unrelated to the initial reason for … unrecognized risk for disease that could change the medical management of that patient and potentially prevent or …
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 … the applicant's research interests in genetics and genomics as applied to health disparities research. This … This program provides doctoral and medical graduates the opportunity to use genomic approaches …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… from home. If you are seeking some virtual connections to genomics, I would like to offer some “remote learning” … Director) and I answered questions about bioethics and genomics research on Twitter as part of #AskDrGenome . Meanwhile, the NHGRI History of Genomics Program continues to showcase oral history …
Leadership Initiatives
NHGRI's strategic planning process will establish a 2020 vision for genomics aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs.
… a strategic planning effort to establish a 2020 vision for genomics aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs. During the development of the … strategic vision, we collected input from the scientific, medical and diverse public communities through >50 events, …
About NHGRI
Established in 1989, NHGRI collaborates with the scientific and medical communities to catalyze genomic breakthroughs.
… in 1989, NHGRI collaborates with the scientific and medical communities to catalyze genomic breakthroughs and … in 1989, NHGRI collaborates with the scientific and medical communities to catalyze genomic breakthroughs. … Human Genome Project, genetics research, genomics research, NIH, NIH funding, biomedical research …
News Release
Fearful patients who received information about the role of genomics in obesity were less likely to take steps to improve health habits
… patients who received information about the role of genomics in being overweight viewed the information as … wanted to determine how to communicate information about genomics and weight so that patients are motivated to perform … tend to think that communication related to genomics and common disease is fairly unrelated to emotion," …