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Genomic medicine is a medical discipline that involves using a person’s genomic information as part of their clinical care.
… Genomic medicine is a medical discipline that involves using a person’s genomic … Genomic medicine is a medical discipline that involves using a person’s genomic … include individualized medicine, personalized medicine and precision medicine. For some conditions, genomic …
Research Training
NHGRI funds training and career development programs at academic, medical and other institutions throughout the U.S.
… Title Program Director(s) Program Support ✔  Harvard Medical School Training Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics Peter Park Catherine Haskell Lilen Uchima ✔  Princeton University Quantitative and Computational Biology Graduate Program John Storey Josh …
Leadership Initiatives
NHGRI's strategic planning process will establish a 2020 vision for genomics aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs.
… 2020 vision for genomics aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs. During the development of the … of genomics that will expand the field into new frontiers and enable novel applications to human health and disease. To … Social Media Use the #genomics2020 hashtag on Twitter  and Facebook  to follow and contribute to our strategic …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to expand genomics research, ultimately leading to medical breakthroughs.
… Genetic diseases affect millions of Americans every day, and research is key to improving our ability to diagnose and treat these diseases. At the National Human Genome … methods to expand genomics research, ultimately leading to medical breakthroughs. … NHGRI researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to expand genomics research, ultimately leading …
Graduate Medical Education
An opportunity for a 4-to-8-week elective in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD.
… Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. It is open to residents and clinical fellows enrolled in ACGME-accredited training … rotations also have exposure to the design, conduct, and management of investigational protocols, including … However, all residents are required to have their salary and benefits continued, and their malpractice/liability …
Staff
Dr. Amanda Ombrello is a clinical researcher in the Inflammatory Disease Section of NHGRI's Medical Genetics Branch.
… researcher in the Inflammatory Disease Section of the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research … in Missouri in 2003; completed internal medicine and pediatrics residency and a sub specialization in both adult and pediatric … Dr. Ombrello has played a significant role in the discovery and characterization of six new autoinflammatory diseases as …
Staff
Diana Bianchi is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Eunice Kennedy Shriver  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and head of the Prenatal Genomics and Therapy Section for the Medical Genetics Branch at NHGRI. She oversees the research … laboratory seeks to advance understanding of fetal and placental biology through sequence analysis of nucleic …
Research at NHGRI
The Immersive Simulation Program (ISP) provides expertise, tools, and support for the integration of emerging technology-based methods into health and medical research.
… Evaluation of food choice and craving in experimental medicine studies PI: Lorenzo … Leggio, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology Section, NIDA/NIAAA … of genetic conditions PI: Benjamin Solomon, M.D. Medical Genomics Section, NHGRI …
Profile
NHGRI researchers recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a type of genomic risk information called polygenic risk scores in medical care.
… Study shows genomic information can unknowingly influence medical decisions depending on race. … new polygenic risk scores will be used or received in medical clinics.  For this study, we wanted to predict how … risk reports will be applied in the healthcare system and understand whether introducing this information will …
News Release
NHGRI researchers collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists worldwide to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Institutes of Health, have collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists around the world to create the Atlas of … diseases by comparing physical traits (called phenotypes) and written descriptions of their symptoms with photos and … in Genetics in Medicine . "This atlas is long overdue and much needed," said Daniel Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI …