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The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers on research relevant to the use of genomic data and large-scale electronic health record information to improve health.
… … Request an Accommodation … The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) sponsors a monthly … details are updated as information becomes available. For more information, please contact Les Biesecker at email … and In-Person … MD … 50 South Drive … Room 1227 … Center for Precision Health Research Seminar Series … The NHGRI …
News Release
NHGRI researchers investigated the Behcet's disease using Illumina's Immunochip.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Behçet's disease is a disease that destroys blood vessels through systemic … destroying inflammation of the eyes. Research suggests the disease develops due to pathogen exposure, along with a mix …
Staff
Shawneequa Callier is a special volunteer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). For over a decade, she has also served as a Special Volunteer at the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the National Human Genome …
News Release
NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… resource used by many scientists to study human health and disease. … "ENCODE has created high-quality and easily … a network of researchers to develop and apply methods for mapping candidate functional elements in the genome, and … the scope of these efforts to include characterization centers, which will study the biological role that candidate …
Educational Resources
Huntington's disease is an inherited disease characterized by the progressive loss of brain and muscle function.
… Huntington's Disease … Huntington's disease is an inherited disease characterized by the progressive loss of brain and …
Research Funding
​The Undiagnosed Diseases Network accelerates discovery and innovation in how we diagnose and treat patients with previously undiagnosed diseases.
… of UDN are to: (1) improve the level of diagnosis and care for patients with undiagnosed diseases through the development of common protocols designed by a large community of … diagnosis is feasible to implement in academic medical centers around the United States. In 2018, new awards …
News Release
Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma, the most common subtype of lung cancer. Knowledge of these genomic … may expand the number of possible therapeutic targets for this disease and potentially identify a greater number of … (1-800-422-6237). NHGRI is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, an agency of …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is currently being applied to research on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas.
… on cancer, mental health, rare diseases, and many other disease areas. … Basic research exploring human and nonhuman … targets. Although excitement about the potential for gene therapy has grown tremendously since the discovery … genome are associated with disease risk. In the case of common diseases, such as diabetes, many genetic changes and …
Staff
Dr. Clesson Turner is the director of the Reverse Phenotyping Core and a staff clinician in the Center for Precision Health Research of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… associate professor in pediatrics and the interim director for precision medicine at the Uniformed Services University … NHGRI to direct its Reverse Phenotyping Core in the Center for Precision Health Research. He oversees the daily … Turner C , Biesecker LG, Katz AE. Genotype First: Clinical Genomics Research Through a Reverse Phenotyping Approach . Am …
Staff
Dr. Guanjie Chen is a senior research fellow with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… laboratory from Howard University and joined the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH), National … Shriner D, Adeyemo A, Ramos E, Chen G, et al. Mapping of disease-association variants in admixed population. Genome … C. A novel approach for the simultaneous Analysis of common and rare variants in complex traits. Bioinform Biol …