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Dr. Merideth is a staff clinician in the Office of the Clinical Director and program director for both the NHGRI Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship and
NHGRI Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship.
… Dr. Merideth went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed Obstetrics/Gynecology residency at the Mayo … completed a residency in Clinical Genetics at NHGRI and subspecialty fellowship training in Clinical Biochemical … include expanding the phenotype for rare diseases and genetic syndromes. She is also active in residency …
Professional Development Programs
JHU/NIH GCTP Executive Committee is composed of genetic counselors, social scientists and medical geneticists. Their varied backgrounds are an asset to the Program and to students as they develop their thesis.
… Leslie Biesecker, M.D. Director and NIH Distinguished Investigator Center for Precision … Neelon, Ph.D. Director for the Lerner Center The Helaine and Sydney Lerner Professor, Health, Behavior and Society Julie Cohen Director of Genetic Counseling … is composed of genetic counselors, social scientists and medical geneticists. Their varied backgrounds are an …
Research Training
Two-year fellowships for M.D.s and Ph.D.s in cytogenetics, biochemical genetics and molecular genetics.
… The Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship Training Program is a two-year … become laboratory directors with the expertise to oversee and interpret cytogenetic and molecular genetic tests important in the diagnosis and … rotate through a variety of CLIA-certified cytogenetic and molecular genetics diagnostic laboratories at the NIH and …
News Release
Researchers have discovered that FGF21 is elevated in mice with liver disease that mimics the same condition in patients with methylmalonic acidemia.
… (MMA), a serious genomic disorder. Based on this finding, medical teams treating patients with MMA will be able to … to predict how severely patients' livers are affected and when to refer patients for liver transplants. … more common disorders such as fatty liver disease, obesity and diabetes by uncovering similarities in how MMA and these …
Staff
Dr. Nephi Walton is a clinical geneticist and medical informaticist. He served as a program director for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) AnVIL Clinical Resource from 2024-2025.
… Dr. Nephi Walton is a clinical geneticist and medical informaticist. He served as a program director for … genetics, biomedical informatics, machine learning, and precision medicine, Dr. Walton has made significant … Dr. Nephi Walton is a clinical geneticist and medical informaticist. He served as a program director …
News Release
NHGRI is awarding Genomic Innovator Awards to nine institutions to support the research of 12 early career scientists in the field of genomics. The awards will total up to $27 million over five years.
… by genomics investigators who are early in their careers and part of consortia or other team-science efforts. Six … genomics, including CRISPR technologies, genomic medicine, and genomic studies in historically marginalized populations. … core facility director at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, and 2019 award recipient. "A …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… applications of genomic information in biomedical research and health care. Some of the successes of this program, which … in Nature : “Technology: The $1,000 Genome.” The history and achievements of the $1,000 Genome Program, which was led … up to the start of the $1,000 Genome Program. Sequencing and Re-Sequencing the Biome! July 2002 Sequencing …
Staff
Dr. Carsten Bonnemann is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Dr. Bönnemann's clinical and laboratory interests focus on genetically-caused … practice, formerly at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and currently at the National Institutes of Health, his efforts have been devoted to diagnosing and treating children with complex neuromuscular and …
Staff
Dr. Ellen Sidransky is a pediatrician and clinical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… of the Molecular Neurogenetics Section, is a pediatrician and clinical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch of the National Human Genome Research … cum laude from Brandeis University with a B.A. in biology, and received her M.D. from Tulane University. She then …
News Release
NHGRI has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB.
… M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the NHGRI Division … Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI's scientific director. “Neil and his team will bring new energy and academic vigor to … as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of …