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Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NHGRI Genetic Counseling Training Program prepares students for a M.S in Genetic Counseling from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Clinical Research
A study for patients with unexpected genetic results
Research Funding
The Division of Genomics and Society focuses on the societal issues that need to be studied and addressed as genomics advances.
… Implications (ELSI) research program and integrating NHGRI-wide activities in these areas. … a working group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR). The mission of the Genomics and …
Staff
Dr. Tyra Wolfsberg is the associate director of the Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… and retroviral integration sites to the annotation of the genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi . Dr. Wolfsberg … is the co-chair the NIH lecture series Current Topics in Genome Analysis . The lectures, through their availability … a leadership role in annotating the Mnemiopsis leidyi genome, the first fully sequenced genome of a ctenophore …
Staff
Dr. Heidi Parker is an Associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NHGRI.
… and Comparative Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH. She earned her Ph.D. from … and breed structure with in-depth investigation of the dog genome to identify genes and genomic loci involved in complex … For nearly two decades, Dr. Parker has studied the genome of the dog and what it can tell us about how and where …
Clinical Research
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to explore how genes cause or influence diseases, and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are working with patients … Clinical studies give us a better understanding of how genes can cause … choose to participate include: Participants in clinical studies help current and future generations. Through these …
News Release
Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel … the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National … to secondhand smoke. In addition to the two lung cancer studies, the TCGA Research Network has generated data and …
Staff
Dr. Sean Conlan is an associate investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… Program, Frank KM, Palmore TN and Segre JA. Whole genome sequencing overrules a suspected case of … Program, Palmore TN, Frank KM and Segre JA. Complete genome sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla NDM-1 … DK, Frank KM, Segre JA and Palmore TN. Detection and whole genome sequencing of carbapenemase-producing Aeromonas …
News Release
An expert panel from the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has critically reevaluated the scientific evidence for all 17 reported genes, disputing nine of the genes and revealing only three of the genes to be definitively associated with the most common form of the disease.
… inherited heart condition. However, the Clinical Genome Resource ’s (ClinGen) expert panel has critically … of the disease. The work was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … , the peer-reviewed journal of The American Heart Association. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly appointed Dr. Chris Gunter's role as Senior Advisor for Genomics Engagement as well as the 30 oral histories to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Late last month, I attended the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT)  general meeting. The … – in one way or another – busily involved in the Human Genome Project. Having now attended all 21 AGBT general … decade, NIH has embarked on an effort to develop a new NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025. This new plan …