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The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… end, NHGRI plans to establish a new intramural precision health research program. Dr. Les Biesecker, Chief of the … researchers for conducting patient-specific precision health research. With the prolific advances in the … It is with that spirit that the new NHGRI precision health research program aims to “seize the moment” and …
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Lin Lei is a biochemist at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… at the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Lin joined the group in November 2013; her main … Lin Lei, Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, zebrafish, biochemistry …
Educational Resources
A tumor suppressor gene directs the production of a protein that is part of the system that regulates cell division.
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Dr. Joshua Denny is the head of the NHGRI Precision Health Informatics Section and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program.
… Dr. Denny’s research interests include use of electronic health records (EHRs) and genomics data from large-scale … the Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program. … With this mission in mind, those in the Precision Health Informatics Section primarily repurpose health records …
News Release
An ancient, sexually transmitted dog cancer may provide insights into human cancers because of the similarities in the dog and human immune systems.
… because of the similarities in the dog and human immune systems - has baffled researchers until now. Canine … Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, discovered genetic mutations that prevented the dogs' immune systems from detecting and fending off invading cancer cells. …
Research Funding
The EMERGE Network develops, disseminates and applies approaches to research that combine biorepositories with electronic medical record systems.
… and Genomics (eMERGE) Network is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-organized and funded consortium of U.S. medical … and genomic information with complete longitudinal patient health records is needed. Electronic medical records (EMR) … Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Harvard School of Public Health Kaiser Permanente Washington Loyola University …
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Shirley Freeman is an Intramural Program Assistant for NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… for the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) housed under the Metabolic, Cardiovascular and … Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. Shirley brings over 12 years of administrative … Shirley Freeman, Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, zebrafish, biochemistry …
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Shawneequa Callier is a special volunteer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). For over a decade, she has also … at the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH. … teaches bioethics courses in the SMHS Translational Health Sciences Ph.D. program and provides guest lectures …
News Release
Researchers build a statistical model using family health history to improve disease risk assessment
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information about family member health and lifestyle factors from family members.
… information from family members about their family health history and lifestyle factors. … the results may advance physicians’ ability to use family health history information to assess which conditions with a … believes it will be necessary to create health record systems that are family-centric and also work with the …
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Researchers have found powerful clues to why certain processes and systems in the mouse are so different from those in people.
… has found powerful clues to why certain processes and systems in the mouse - such as the immune system, metabolism … human genomes. The scientists found that, in general, the systems that are used to control gene activity have many … Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health. ENCODE is building a comprehensive catalog of …