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Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at institutions that have not recently received significant funding from NIH.
… The Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and … institutions so that more students will have access to genomic technologies and be encouraged to explore careers in …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… meeting of the National Advisory Council on Human Genome Research (NACHGR) will be held as a videoconference rather … meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will take place on May 18-19. As usual, the “Open … at 12:30 p.m. EST to hear updates about NHGRI and genomics research more broadly.  All the best, …
News Release
Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… is a postdoctoral fellow in the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Social and Behavioral Research Branch. She studies the skin microbiome and leg … school students and the public about her experiences in genomic research. "They were really engaged and they asked a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Dr. Adam Phillippy as the founding director of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR).
… improve, new methods are required to make large-scale genomic edits. Such technologies would be particularly useful … of the genome for enhanced disease modelling.  This research was supported by a grant from the NHGRI Extramural Research Program to Jef Boeke, Ph.D. , who is a professor at …
News Release
An online Informed Consent Resource created in 2009 by NHGRI has been updated to keep pace with advances in genomics over the past several years
… Genomic studies are increasingly integral to the advancement of a spectrum of disease-based research. As knowledge stemming from the completion of the … technologies become increasingly affordable, genomics research is playing an ever-larger role across biomedical …
Research Funding
The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… System Level Institution and System-based Influences on Genomic Equity System-Level Understanding and Use of Genomics … Genomic Research Design and Implementation Diversity and Inclusion in Genomic Research Community Engaged and Community Driven … Genomic Healthcare Equity and Genomic Healthcare Genomic …
Research at NHGRI
The Social and Behavioral Research Branch conducts research to apply genomic discoveries to improve health and clinical care.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) aims to develop optimal approaches for the integration of genomic discoveries into clinical and community contexts. … aligned with the four themes below. The social context of genomic discovery We approach research with a social genomics …
Research Funding
NHGRI aims to establish a research Consortium, ML/AI Tools to Advance Genomic Translational Research (MAGen), to collaboratively explore the feasibility of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools that can enhance the accuracy and precision of predicting how individuals with pathogenic genetic variants manifest disease.
… The need for increased research to develop tools to translate genomic research findings into clinical applications has been … have successfully identified novel patterns in non-genomic clinical datasets, receiving FDA approval for … to establish a research Consortium, ML/AI Tools to Advance Genomic Translational Research (MAGen), to collaboratively …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2018 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the success of The Cancer Genome Atlas.
… has been hugely successful in its mission to catalog the genomic changes underlying multiple cancer types. Ambitious … as a three-year pilot study that focused on studying the genomic changes in three types of human cancers: brain, lung, … that it surpassed that goal, eventually analyzing the genomic underpinnings of 33 different types of cancer, …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI center focused on computationally intensive approaches to analyze large-scale genomic data and identifying genetic contributions to human disease.
… The Center for Genomics and Data Science Research focuses on the development and application of … intensive approaches to analyze large-scale genetic and genomic data, with a particular focus on identifying genetic … to untangle the complexities of the genome and uncover genomic associations with health and disease. Members of the …