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… Council Meeting February 9 , 2015 Inclusion of Women and Minorities in NHGRI Clinical Studies FY2013 - FY2014 … Not Hispanic or Latino ( Not Hisp ) Unknown (Not reporting ethnicity) ( Unk ) Racial Categories American Indian/Alaska … ) Black or African American ( Bl /AA ) White More Than One Race ( >1 Race ) Unknown or Not Reported ( Unk ) • ERP funds …
Event
On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.
… into the biological mechanisms underlying gene-by-smoking and gene-by-alcohol consumption interactions Prog Nbr 298 Amy … Classical HLA Alleles are Associated with Fasting Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes in Multiple Populations Board No. PB1301 … p.m. Reviewer's Choice/ Complex Traits Quantification of race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry disparities in …
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 … diseases by comparing physical traits (called phenotypes) and written descriptions of their symptoms with photos and descriptions of people with the same condition and …
News Release
Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School.* … significantly fewer studies of African, Latin American and Asian ancestral populations compared to European … the FDA has issued guidance on collecting and reporting race and ethnicity information in clinical trials. But more …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Dr. Eric Green highlights Dr. Dan Kastner as the Federal Employee of the Year.
… 1. Unlike most previous years in recent memory, the NIH (and therefore NHGRI) began Fiscal Year 2019 with an … On top of that, the U.S. Congress provided NIH a generous and welcome budgetary increase of ~$2 billion. Overall, … A monthly update from the NHGRI Director on activities and accomplishments from the institute and the field of …
Leadership Initiatives
NHGRI aims to ensure all populations are knowledgeable about and can participate in genomics research.
… about the science underpinning the Human Genome Project and genomics research, and have the opportunity to participate in various ways, such … as becoming research scientists, research participants and policy makers. … 21st century, has changed the way medicine is practiced and how research is conducted in the future. It is important …
News Release
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) question advertisements by direct-to-consumer genetic ancestry kits that claim to know what it really means to be American Indian.
… When Sara Hull, PhD. and Hina Walajahi traveled to Alaska in July of 2018 to give a talk on ethics and genetic ancestry tests, researchers and community members … The kit provides ancestry information and estimates their ethnicity using DNA found in the consumer’s saliva.  …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 8, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., looks back on the success of the Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition as it came to a close in November.
… has served as the NCATS acting director since April 2021 and will oversee a diverse portfolio of research activities … that are part of this data-sharing ecosystem – patients and research participants, those that manage data … policymakers, standards-generating organizations, and many more. The initial inspiration for this GDS Spotlight …
National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
The Director's Report-Related Documents contain links to materials supplemental to Dr. Eric Green's Director's Report presentation to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in February 2022.
… Office of Genomic Data Science 2 Training, Diversity, and Health Equity (TiDHE) Office TiDHE Office TiDHE News … Descriptors in Genetics Byeon - Evolving Use of Ancestry, Ethnicity, and Race in Genetics Research-A Survey Spanning Seven Decades …
Timeline
A timeline highlighting key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.
… Eugenics is an immoral and pseudoscientific theory that claims it is possible to perfect people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists used an … Eugenics: Its Origin and Development (1883 - Present) … To better understand and protect against current and future discriminatory trends …