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An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa. The region is the most genetically diverse in the world, yet few studies have looked into genomic risk factors for disease in Africa. … The study provides clues to medical conditions in people of sub-Saharan African ancestry, and indicates that …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Division of Intramural Research aims to advance the frontiers of genetics and genomics.
… The goal of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Division of Intramural Research is to advance the frontiers of genetics and genomics. … We aim to be world leaders in the translation of genomic knowledge into tools and approaches for improving the …
Clinical Research
The Protocol Service Center provides assistance in the development and administration of study protocols requiring NIH Institutional Review Board approval.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Protocol Service Center (PSC) … navigation assistance to NIH investigators and staff in the development and administration of study protocols that … Core, and the NIH Office of Human Subjects Research Protections (OHSRP) to create a network of resources for the …
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NIH issues a notice seeking public comment on a proposed update to the data management of genomic summary results under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.
… the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a notice in its Guide to Grants and Contracts seeking public comment on a proposed update to the data management of genomic summary results under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing … scientific advances and protect research participants' privacy interests by allowing genomic summary results from …
Research Training
The NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch invites recent graduates to pursue multidisciplinary training in genomics and health.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB), an intramural research branch of the National Human Genome Research … recent graduates to pursue multidisciplinary training in genomics and health. … Researchers in SBRB investigate social, behavioral, and ethical factors …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to understand of how genes influence disease and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… Equipped with the power of genomic information and state-of-the art resources available … (NIH), clinical researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are leading a new era in medicine - one where a more profound understanding of the … a wide spectrum of populations, from Colombians living in the Andes Mountains, to Old Order Amish in Lancaster …
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Oral history videos feature conversations with genomics researchers and an interactive discussion with the institute's three directors.
… history videos released today by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) features candid conversations with … Maynard Olson, Ph.D., whose work mapping the yeast genome in 1979 helped pave the way for sequencing large segments of … and other communities by providing freely available genomic tools and resources that are critical to a better …
Research Training
An opportunity for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical research in NHGRI laboratories.
… The Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Post-Bac IRTA) provides the … for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical investigation in National Human Genome Research Institute laboratories. … While in this program, participants work side-by-side with some of …
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Researchers and clinicians are sequencing human genomes faster than ever, so considering the societal implications of genomic data is even crucial.
… director; Nicole Lockhart, Ph.D., program director, all in NHGRI's Division of Genomics and Society; and Cristina … Hong, B.S., from our Policy and Program Analysis Branch in the Division of Policy, Communication and Education. … at the National Human Genome Research Institute, launched in 1990 with the anticipation that once we started generating …
Fact Sheet
Participation in genomics research is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… What makes human genomes diverse? While humans are similar in most ways, our biological processes make each of us unique. Many aspects of those processes are encoded in our DNA, which is based on the sequence of the four … genomes, referred to as variants, come from differences in our DNA sequences.  The human genome is more than 3 …