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The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… As signaled by the rapid arrival of cold weather and the seemingly overnight arrival of holiday-themed daily … is rapidly coming to an end. It has been another energetic and productive year at NHGRI, with every indication that 2019 will keep us just as busy. In particular - and as you will read below - the NHGRI strategic planning …
Educational Resources
NHGRI participates in the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference to help increase genomic literacy.
… Voting for the SXSW and SXSW EDU Conference is now closed. Please check back … the answer to our identity always seems to shift. Today, race is often used as an identifier. But race is a fluid … majority of genetic variation exists within racial groups and not between them. Genomics is helping us understand the …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH develops a comprehensive staff and training program that uses genomic approaches to study human health and to reduce/eliminate health disparities.
… for the training of several minority scientists and students from high school through graduate programs and beyond in biomedical research. As the Director of the … CRGGH, he will continue to provide training opportunities and with support and collaboration from various NIH …
Research Funding
The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… Genomics and Sociocultural Structures and Values Genomics and the Physical and Social Environments Genomics and Social … Genomics at the Institutional and System Level Institution and System-based Influences on Genomic Equity System-Level … Genomic Research Design and Implementation Diversity and Inclusion in Genomic …
Media Advisory
On December 7, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a webinar to discuss the key findings from a recently released Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… of Human Genetics (ASHG) released the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report, which lays a foundation … report, is assembling a panel to discuss these findings and their implications. … about the genomics workforce demographics, which include race, ethnicity, ancestry; age; gender identity; sexual …
The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project, and the 20th anniversary of National DNA Day. To commemorate … on National DNA Day, April 25, that highlighted relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluded with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National …
Talking Glossary
Scientific racism is a historical pattern of ideologies that generate pseudo-scientific racist beliefs.
… racist beliefs. That perpetually influences racial bias and discrimination in science and research. Leading scientists across scientific institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries were proponents of such ideologies. …
News Release
April 25, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated as part of National DNA Day.
… DNA Day commemorates Human Genome Project’s completion and discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure. … anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s … Engineering, and Medicine report about the use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry in biomedical and genomics …
Event
The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its 11th annual meeting online on February 16, 2022.
… S.L. & Woolford, S. Physicians’ knowledge, beliefs, and use of race and human genetic variation: new measures and insights … WJ, Lu Z, Brody LC, Bonham VL. Evolving use of ancestry, ethnicity, and race in genetics research-A survey spanning … Documents and Slides …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new fact sheets produced by the institute's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… to serve as the Acting Science Advisor to President Biden and Acting Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. As he did throughout his almost 12 years as … Thank you, Francis! Recently, the NHGRI Communications and Public Liaison Branch developed a more user-friendly “ …