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The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights Ben Solomon joining NHGRI as Clinical Director.
… risk-taking to celebrate such senior birthdays – jump out of an airplane, buy a sports car, or climb Mount Everest. I … immensely proud to have completed my first decade serving in this incredibly gratifying leadership role. To commemorate … only a moderate-risk activity! By starting to personally use social media to communicate about NHGRI and genomics, I …
Events
Data sharing has been a central tenet of the field of genomics since the Human Genome Project.
… Data sharing has been a central tenet of the field of … Human Genome Project. While many recognize that sharing genomic data is critical to scientific progress, considerable … Genomic Data Sharing Policies: Global Challenges and Innovative … Data sharing has been a central tenet of the field of genomics since the Human Genome Project. …
Research Funding
The Division of Genomic Medicine promotes the NHGRI's efforts to advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care.
… The Division of Genomic Medicine (DGM) promotes the institute's efforts to … advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care. … to human health and to advance approaches for the use of genomic data to improve diagnosis, treatment and …
Talking Glossary
Data science involves the study of large, complex data sets that arise from various types of research projects.
… Data Science … Data science involves the study of large, complex data sets that arise from various types of research projects. … Data science involves the study of large, complex data sets that arise from various types of research projects. With respect to genomic studies, such work requires expertise in quantitative …
MINC
Each clinical setting is unique. Strategies that will work in your environment can be used to design your interventions based on suggested options from the Champions.
… Each clinical setting is unique. Strategies that will work in your … nursing awareness, competency, integration and utilization of genomic information in nursing healthcare delivery are … Scope of intervention-how big or small is the target audience for … organization already celebrates and could add genetic and genomic information to those educational events?  Potential …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2018 edition of The Genomics landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights five new educational videos that use poetry and dance.
… to an end and fall beckons, NHGRI will 'shift gears' a bit in its strategic planning process. Our first three Town Halls (one virtual, one in Seattle, Washington, and one in the California Bay Area) were open-ended discussions about the future of genomics. We continue to build on what we learn from each …
Clinical Research
This study evaluates patients with inherited metabolic disorders and related medical complications.
… The Clinical and Basic Investigations of Methylmalonic Acidemia … related disorders to learn more about the genetic causes of the various types of these inherited metabolic disorders … with little warning. There is no cure for any type of MMA, but special diets, vitamin therapies and in some …
News Release
NIH leaders are calling for the scientific community to develop a consensus on the appropriate use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research.
… The use of racial and ethnic categories in biomedical research is part of a complex and sometimes contentious conversation about how … A Common Ground Instead of throwing out the categories of race and ethnicity in … community to develop a consensus on its appropriate use in research . National Human Genome Research Institute …
News Release
Clinical geneticist to lead NHGRI’s clinical genomics research efforts
… Clinical geneticist to lead NHGRI’s clinical genomics research efforts … for patients with genetic disorders. NHGRI is part of the National Institutes of Health.   Dr. Solomon takes … leader in the advancement of medical genetics and genomic medicine. The program has made extraordinary advances …
Clinical Research
MINI Section invites caregivers of children with mitochondrial disease to participate in a survey about the use of immune therapies in children with mitochondrial disease.
… In collaboration with the UMDF, the NIH Metabolism, Infection and Immunity (MINI) Section invites caregivers of children with mitochondrial disease to participate in a survey about the use of immune therapies in children with mitochondrial … receive immune therapies and some do not. The purpose of this study is to understand how widespread these therapies …