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Discover the secrets hidden in your genome through illustrations, videos, engaging stories, and the latest science that impacts your life.
… The following social media channels are maintained by NHGRI's Office of … On Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, X and other social media channels, the National Human Genome Research … The following social media channels are maintained by either staff in the … share any information about people who follow NHGRI on our social media sites. However, we advise that when posting …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how social media provides NHGRI staff with a space to talk about their work, make genomics topics easy to understand, and show how genomics can positively affect people.
… to the array of updates about the many happenings at NHGRI and in genomics, I would like to draw your attention to efforts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to gather information about … public, while also staying connected with colleagues and interested stakeholders. Social media provides NHGRI …
Research Funding
The Division of Genomics and Society focuses on the societal issues that need to be studied and addressed as genomics advances.
… The Division of Genomics and Society is responsible for exploring societal issues … to genomics, incorporating and extending the institute's Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) research program and … The Division of Genomics and Society is one component of NHGRI's activities in the …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Intramural Research Award recognizes research achievements by trainees in basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research.
… achievement or a larger body of work of exemplary quality and significance. … Intramural Research Program, including basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research. To date, thirty trainees … research achievements by trainees in basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research. …
News Release
A 2018 workshop led by Alaska Native people provides a path towards collaborative, community-driven genomics research.
… In August 2020 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified that Indigenous groups such as Alaska Native and American Indian people were at a higher risk for … representation of Indigenous peoples in numerous datasets and analyses used to make health policy decisions. While …
Research Funding
NSIGHT explores the implications, challenges and opportunities with the use of genomic sequence information in the newborn period.
… Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Human Genome … promising new DNA-based analysis. Research related to the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of the possible … Institution(s) Title Robert Green Alan Beggs Brigham and Women's Hospital Genome Sequence-Based Screening for …
Research Training
Competitive scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to support careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research.
… that are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. … support, paid research training during the summer, and paid employment and training at NIH after graduation. Currently, the program … backgrounds to support careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research. …
Talking Glossary
La raza es una construcción social que se utiliza para clasificar a las personas.
… La raza es una construcción social que se utiliza para clasificar a las personas. … La raza es una construcción social que se utiliza para clasificar a las personas. La raza … La raza es una construcción social que se utiliza para clasificar a las personas. …
News Release
NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… over their bodies, kidney problems, higher risk of stroke and in rare cases, chronic leg ulcers. These and other symptoms result when mutated red blood cells take a sickle shape, blocking blood flow and decreasing oxygen delivery. Little is known about why the …
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The zebrafish is a powerhouse tool that helps researchers better understand the genes that are implicated in disease.
… from an egg so small it is barely visible to the naked eye and are striped like a zebra. … Aptly named and tiny in stature, the paper-clip sized zebrafish might … understand the genes that are implicated in disease. And, here at the National Human Genome Research Institute …